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Boston  University  School  ot  Medicine. 

TWENTY-THIRD  YEAR,  1895-1896,  BEGINS  OCT.  10,  1895. 


FOUR  FEARS’  COURSE. 

This  Medical  School,  in  1878,  was  the  first  in  this  country  to  establish  a  four  years* 
coarse  of  medical  study  prior  to  graduation.  Many  years’  experience  and  the  gratifying 
success  which  attended  it  in  producing  well-trained,  thoroughly  educated  physicians,  lea 
the  faculty  to  require  this  course  from  all  students  entering  this  school  during  and 
after  the  year  1890. 

THE  FIRST  YEAR. 

In  addition  to  more  thorough  knowledge  of  Anatomy  and  Physiology  this  year  affords 
Instruction  in  many  subjects  of  essential  importance  to  the  physician,  but  which  are  often 
emitted  in  medical  schools,  and  for  which  there  is  no  time  in  a  short  term  of  six  months. 
Success  in  these  studies  makes  a  firm  foundation  for  the  work  of  the  succeeding  years  and 
cannot  be  as  profitably  secured  outside  the  Medical  School. 

THE  INCREASED  FACILITIES  of  the  School  add  greatly  to  the  value  of  its 
Instruction. 

THE  MASSACHUSETTS  HOMEOPATHIC  HOSPITAL, 

Is  the  largest  Homeopathic  Hospital  of  its  class  in  the  world,  and  affords  valuable  din* 
ieal  advantages,  both  surgical  and  medical. 

THE  DISPENSARY 

Furnishes  more  than  fifty  thousand  prescriptions  a  year,  and  its  thirteen  depart* 
meats  offer  daily  clinics  in  which  may  be  seen  nearly  every  variety  of  disease. 


THE  NEW  GOLLEGE  BUILDINGS 

Provide  excellent  accommodations  for  studies  in  tbe  various  laboratories.  Its  Chemical 
Laboratory  eas  one  hundred  and  sixteen  lockers  and  fifty-six  tables,  each  fitred  with  water, 
gas  and  all  the  needed  apparatus.  Tbe  Microscopical  Laboratory  is  perhaps  the  best  arranged 
in  tbe  country  for  light  and  ventilation,  and  is  provided  with  forty-five  Microscopes.  Tbe  Phy¬ 
siological  and  Pathological  Laboratories  are  equally  spacious  and  well  arranged.  Tbe 
Museum  has  been  thoroughly  refitted  and  is  open  daily  for  the  Student.  The  Library  contains 
ever  three  thousand  medical  volumes,  newly  catalogued  and  arranged,  vith  spacious  reading 
rooms  and  the  latest  reference  hooks  for  study.  The  equipments  throughout  are  extensive  ana 
of  practical  value.  Tor  further  information  apply  to  the  Dean, 

L  T.  TALBOT,  M.  D., 

685  Boylston  St.,  Boston. 


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The  Newton  Nervine. 

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Situated  in  West  Newton,  nine  miles  from  Boston. 
Two  departments,  in  buildings  widely  separated; 
one  for  patients  with  nervous  troubles,  such  as 
nervous  prostration,  hysteria,  spinal  irritation,  dys¬ 
pepsia,  headache,  insomnia,  paralysis,  etc.  The 

other,  the  Hospital,  is  for  mental  diseases. 

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Massage ,  baths ,  electricity ,  rest  treatment , 

spacious  grounds. 

•  •  ...  '  J  ,  .  j  !•  .'.I  • 

Regular  rate  fifty  dollars  a  week;  one  room  in  each  house 
thirty-five  dollars.  Price  covers  medical  care,  board,  washing, 
baths,  massage,  carriage  driving,  and  a  skilled  nurse  for  each 
patient. 

N.  EMMONS  PAINE,  M.  D., 

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West  Newton,  Mass. 


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Boston,  Apeil,  1896. 


No.  3. 


CONTENTS. 

Historical  Sketch  of  Boston  University  School  of  Medicine,  - . Page  i 

Medical  Schools  are  not  Commercial  Enterprises,  by  J.  P.  Sutherland, . 5 

The  Teaching  of  Physiology,  by  John  A.  Rockwell, . 7 

Massachusetts  Homoeopathic  Hospital,  -  -  -  - . g 

Institute  of  Homoeopathy  and  Medical  Education,  by  W.  T.  Talbot, . n 

Homoeopathic  Medical  Dispensary,  .  . . .  I4 

Westboro  Insane  Hospital, . -------  16 

The  N.  E.  Hahnemann  Association,  -  --  --  --  --  --  -  19 

Infinitesimals,  a  poem,  by  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe, . -21 

The  Hahnemann  Centennial  Festival,  -----------  22-32 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  BOSTON  KNIFE  RSI  TV  SCHOOL  OF 

MEDICINE. 

BY  I.  TISDALE  TALBOT,  M.D- 

In  1869,  Boston  University  was  incorporated  by  the  State  of 
Massachusetts,  and  its  charter  conveyed  the  full  powers  of  a 
University  in  the  holding  of  property,  granting  of  degrees,  etc. 
Its  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  its  Divinity  and  Law  Schools,  a 
College  of  Oratory  and  one  of  Music  were  already  established, 
and  its  Agricultural  College  had  been  associated  with  the  State 
Agricultural  Institution  at  Amherst,  when,  in  1873,  the  School 
of  Medicine  was  organized. 

By  an  enabling  act  of  the  legislature,  in  1874,  the  New  Eng¬ 
land  Female  Medical  College,  which  had  been  in  existence  more 


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than  twenty-five  years,  was  united  with  it.  Thus,  at  the  very 
beginning,  this  medical  school  opened  its  doors  under  university 
protection  with  medical  associations  which  had  been  accumu¬ 
lating  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  was  supported 
by  a  large  branch  of  the  profession  whose  members  had  long 
felt  the  importance  of  a  school  in  New  England,  where  their 
students  might  obtain  a  thorough  education  in  medicine,  and, 
at  the  same  time,  secure  a  knowledge  of  homoeopathy. 

Up  to  this  time  the  methods  of  medical  instruction  in  this 
country  had  been  of  a  crude  and  doubtful  character.  Pupils 
began  the  study  of  medicine  oftentimes  without  the  slightest 
regard  to  preliminary  education.  Many,  it  is  true,  were  well 
trained,  and  not  a  few  were  graduates  of  literary  colleges,  yet 
they  entered  the  same  class  with  those  who  had  received  not 
even  the  advantages  of  the  grammar  schools,  but  who  had  a  de¬ 
sire  to  reach  the  status  of  “  doctor  ”  with  the  least  possible  ex¬ 
penditure  of  time  and  money.  The  method  of  instruction  was 
such  as  would  meet  the  capacity  of  such  students.  Five  or 
more  doctors  elected  themselves  professors,  established  a  medi¬ 
cal  school,  and  prepared  a  course  of  lectures,  which  lectures  all 
the  students  nominally  were  required  to  attend  twice  in  suc¬ 
ceeding  years.  In  fact,  some  thinking  it  a  bore  to  attend  the 
lectures  a  second  time,  relied  upon  their  memory  of  the  first 
course  to  carry  them  through  such  examination  as  might  be 
held,  while  the  enterprising  faculties  of  some  colleges  thought 
it  a  great  loss  of  time  to  wait  a  year  for  the  second  course,  and 
by  immediately  repeating  the  series,  which  oftentimes  occupied 
but  three  months,  could  turn  out  their  full-fledged  doctors  in 
six  months  from  the  time  they  were  graduated  from  the  farm  or 
the  stable. 

For  many  years  the  homoeopathic  physicians  of  New  Eng¬ 
land  had  held  a  charter  under  which  they  could  establish  the 
New  England  Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  but  they  had  de¬ 
termined  not  to  undertake  such  an  institution  until  certain  that 
they  could  do  something  to  elevate  the  standard  of  medical 
education  then  existing.  In  order  to  provide  proper  instruc¬ 
tion,  they  felt  it  absolutely  essential  first,  to  secure  a  hospital 
and  a  dispensary,  in  which  the  students  could  have  opportuni¬ 
ties  for  practical  illustrations  and  clinical  study.  A  dispensary 
had  been  permanently  established  in  1856,  which  could  profita¬ 
bly  be  utilized.  In  1855,  a  hospital  had  been  chartered  which 
had  struggled  along  in  the  “fond  illusions  of  hope”  until,  in 
1871,  it  had  opened  its  modest  doors;  these  were  not  closed 
even  by  an  unwise  and  hostile  attack  made  upon  its  medical 
system.  A  public  uprising  in  its  favor,  in  1872,  placed  in  its 
treasury  at  one  effort  $80,000,  and  what  was  more,  established 


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an  impregnable  confidence  in  its  permanence  and  success.  With 
these  two  institutions  and  the  friendly  feeling  of  the  public  to¬ 
wards  them,  came  the  confidence  of  the  founders  and  trustees 
of  Boston  University  and  a  request  for  help  from  the  trustees 
of  another  institution — the  New  England  Female  Medical  Col- 
iege. 

The  time  seemed  ripe  for  the  long  wished-for  medical  school. 
The  Massachusetts  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society  assembled 
in  special  session,  endorsed  the  project  and  recommended  a 
full  coterie  of  its  members  from  which  to  form  a  faculty.  This 
faculty  realized  the  full  importance  of  their  mission.  It  was 
the  exact  reverse  of  the  idea  which  had  governed  a  large  num¬ 
ber  of  the  medical  colleges  of  the  country  ;  it  was  how  to  give 
to  its  students  the  most  thorough  instruction,  rather  than  a 
mere  semblance  of  it  in  the  easiest  possible  manner.  The  first 
point  determined  was  that  no  student  should  be  allowed  to 
enter  the  school  who  was  not  well  prepared  for  medical  study. 
The  faculty  decided,  second,  that  no  one  should  receive  a 
diploma  in  less  than  three  years  of  study,  two  of  which  must 
have  been  spent  in  a  medical  school.  Third,  instead  of  the  rep¬ 
etition  of  a  single  yearly  course,  a  graded  course  of  three  years 
was  established,  giving  to  each  year  distinct  and  successive 
branches  of  study.  It  was  feared  that  it  would  be  impractica¬ 
ble  to  compel  all  students  to  attend  the  three  courses,  and  those 
who  had  already  pursued  study  with  a  physician  for  one  or 
more  years  were  allowed  to  complete  the  course  in  two  addi¬ 
tional  years  by  passing  required  examinations.  But  in  a  short 
time  even  this  method  of  lessening  the  time  of  systematic  study 
was  dropped,  and  the  three  annual  courses,  each  lengthened 
from  the  usual  term  of  five  months  to  the  university  year  of 
eight  months,  were  required  of  every  student.*  The  growing 
demands  for  knowledge  in  every  department  of  medical  science 
found  even  this  time  too  short,  and  in  advance  of  every  other 
medical  school  in  this  country,  in  1878,  the  Boston  University 
School  of  Medicine  established  an  optional  four  years’  course, 
which,  in  1890,  after  a  trial  of  twelve  years,  was  made  compul¬ 
sory.  In  all  these  pioneer  steps  for  better  medical  education,  it 
is  a  gratification  to  know  that  the  example  set  by  this  school 
has  been  followed  by  some  of  the  best  medical  colleges  of  this 
country.  It  required  no  little  degree  of  courage,  energy  and 
persistency  to  carry  these  methods  to  success.  The  expenses 
were  very  largely  increased  in  comparison  with  those  for  a  sin¬ 
gle  course  of  lectures  ;  the  number  of  instructors  required  was 
more  than  trebled  ;  the  amount  of  scientific  apparatus  and  the 
number  of  working  laboratories  were  largely  multiplied  and, 
while  a  few  generous  friends  kindly  assisted  with  contributions, 


•These  requirements  were  fully  enforced  in  1876. 


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the  faculty  have  been  obliged  to  a  large  extent,  not  only  to  con¬ 
tribute  their  time  and  personal  seivices,  but  even  to  draw  from 
their  own  pecuniary  resources  for  the  support  of  the  school. 
From  the  first  there  has  never  been  any  hesitation  or  doubt  as 
to  the  course  which  this  school  should  pursue,  and  the  faculty 
have  been  as  a  unit  in  deciding  that  the  work  done  must  be  as 
thorough  and  complete  as  it  was  possible  for  them  to  make  it 
under  existing  financial  circumstances.  There  has  never  been 
a  time  when  with  greater  resources  the  work  could  not  have 
been  enlarged  and  improved,  and  the  faculty  would  have  re¬ 
ceived  with  gratitude  the  pecuniary  assistance  which  was 
greatly  needed  in  order  to  give  proper  training  and  instruction 
to  the  students,  and  to  develop  in  them  the  greatest  amount  of 
that  knowledge  and  skill  which,  on  the  part  of  the  physician, 
are  of  importance  to  human  life  and  health  and  to  the  welfare 
of  communities.  With  its  work  steadily  increasing,  the  needs 
of  the  school  are  greater  now  than  ever  before,  and  its  friends 
are  earnestly  asked  to  consider  how  they  may  best  give  it  nec¬ 
essary  support. 


THE  FACULTY  1895-6. 

WILLIAM  F.  WARREN,  LL.  D.,  PRESIDENT . 

I.  TISDALE  TALBOT,  M.D.,  685  Bovlston  St.,  DEAN,  Professor  of  Svrgery. 

CONRAD  WESSELHOEFT,  M.D.,  661  Boylston  St.,  Professor  of  Pathology  and  Thera¬ 
peutics. 

HENRY  C.  AHLBORN,  M.C.,  258  Marlborough  St.,  Professor  of  Pathology  and  Patho¬ 
logical  Anatomy. 

J.  HEBER  SMITH,  M.D.,  279  Dartmouth  St Professor  of  Materia  Meclica. 

WALTER  WESSELHOEFT,  M.D.,  Cambridge,  Professor  of  Obstetrics. 

HERBERT  C.  CLAPP,  M.D.,  11  Columbus  Square,  Professor  of  Diseases  of  the  Chest. 
EDWIN  E.  CALDER,  A.M.,  Providence,  R.  I. ,  Professor  of  Chemistry. 

HOWARD  P.  BELLOWS,  M.D.,  229  Berkeley  St.,  Prof essor  of  Otology. 

JOHN  P.  SUTHERLAND,  M.D.,  295  Commonwealth  Ave  ,  Professor  of  Anatomy. 
EDWARD  P.  COLBY,  M.D.,  229  Berkeley  St.,  Professor  of  Nen  oxis  Diseases. 

JOHN  L.  COFFiN,  M.D.,  229  Berkeley  St.,  Professor  of  Diseases  of  the  Shin. 

JOHN  H.  PAYNE,  M.D.,  Pierce’s  Building,  Copley  Sq..  Professor  of  Ophthalmology . 
HORACE  PACKARD,  M.D.,  362  Commonwealth  Ave.,  Professof  of  Surgery. 

ALONZO  BOOTHBY,  M  D..  1  Worcester  Square,  Professor  of  Gynaecology. 

WILLIAM  L.  JACKSON,  M.D.,  86  Dudley  St ..  Professor  of  Electro-Therapeutics. 

N.  EMMONS  PAINE,  M.D.,  West  Newton,  Professor  of  Mental  Diseases. 

GEORGE  R.  SOUTH  WICK,  M.D.,  31  Massachusetts  A  ve..  Associate  Professor  of  Ohstet- 
rics  • 

FRED  B.  PERCY,  M.D  ,  Brookline,  Associate  Professor  of  Materia  Medica. 

JOSEPH  W.  HAYWARD,  M.D,,  Taunton,  Associate  Professor  of  Surgery. 

In  addition  to  the  above,  the  following  constitute  the  full  faculty  : 

JOHN  A.  ROCKWELL,  M.D.,  East  Concord  St.,  Professor  of  Physiology. 

WINFIELD  S.  SMITH.  M.D.,  601  Boylston  St.,  Associate  Professor  of  Anatomy. 
NATHANIEL  W.  EMERSON.  M.D.,  601  Boylston  St.,  Associate  Professor  of  Surgery. 
WINTHROP  T.  TALBOT,  M.D.,  685  Boylston  St.,  Associate  Prof  essor  in  Pathology  and 
Director  of  the  Pathological  Laboratory . 

FREDERICK  P.  BATCHELDER.  M.D  ,  232  Massachusetts  Ave.,  Associate  Professor  of 
Physiology  and  Director  of  the  Museum. 

A.  HOWARD  POWERS,  M  D.,  352  Massachusetts  Ave.,  Demonstrator  of  Anatomy  and 
Instructor  in  Clinical  Surgery  and  Surgical  Diagnosis 
HELEN  L.  F.  WRIGHT,  M  D.,  201  Clarendon  St.,  Lecturer  on  Gynaecology. 

EDWARD  L.  MELLUS,  M  D.,  Lecturer  on  Pathology. 

GEORGE  B.  RICE,  M.D.,  229  Berkeley  St.,  Instructor  in  Diseases  of  the  Throat  and 
Nose. 

MARION  COON.  M  D.,  14  Warrenton  St  ,  Instructor  in  Comparative  Anatomy. 

J.  EMMONS  BRIGGS  M.D.,  240  Massachusetts  Ave.,  Instructor  in  Surgery. 

C1IA  RLE4  L.  NICHOLS,  M.D.,  Worcester,  Lecturer  on  the  History  and  Methodology  of 
Medicine. 

J.  WILKINSON  CLAPP,  M.D.,  10  Park  Square,  Lecturer  on  Pharmaceutics. 

FRANK  C.  RICHARDSON,  M.D.,  601  Boylston  St.,  Lecturer  on  Nervous  Diseases. 


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FREDERICK  W.  HALSEY,  M.D.,  272  Newbury  St.,  Lecturer  on  Diseases  of  the  Rectum 
M \URICE  W.  TURNER,  M.D.,  Brookline,  Instructor  in  Pathology  and  Therapeutics. 
GEOROE  H.  EARL,  M.D.,  18  Huntington  Ave.,  Instructor  in  Obstetrics. 

HERBERT  D.  BOYD,  M.D.,  669  Tremont  St.,  Assistant  in  Anatomy. 

FRANK  E.  ALLARD,  M.D.,  33  Hancock  St  ,  Instructor  in  Physiology. 

FREDERICK  D.  STACKPOLE,  M.D.,  24  Kenilworth  St.,  Librarian. 

EVERETT  W.  BURDETT,  LL.  B.,  Ames  Building,  Lecturer  on  Medical  Jurisprudence. 
SARAH  S.  M  INDSOR,  M.D.,  138  Marlborough  St.,  Lecturer  on  Diseases  of  Children. 
WM.  F.  WESSELHOEFT,  M.D.,  176  Commonwealth  Ave.,  Lnstructor  in  Clinical  Sur¬ 
gery. 

CHa  RLES  H.  THOMAS,  M.D  ,  Cambridge,  Lecturer  on  Sanitary  Science. 

PERCY  G.  BROWNE,  M.D.,  28  Saratoga  St.,  Assistant  in  Chest  Diseases. 


MEDICAL  COLLEGES  ARE  NOT  COMMERCIAL  ENTERPRISES. 

BY  J.  B.  SUTHERLAND,  M.D. 

That  is  to  say,  medical  colleges  worthy  the  name,  and  earning 
the  right  to  exist  as  such,  are  not  commercial  enterprises. 

In  proportion  as  unkind  circumstances  force  a  medical  college 
toward  commercialism  in  its  attitude  toward  the  public,  does 
that  college  decline  from  the  dignity  which  should  belong  to  its 
position,  and  from  its  highest  possibilities  of  usefulness.  It  is 
as  true  of  an  institution  as  it  is  of  an  individual,  that  if  money 
getting,  in  order  to  live,  becomes  the  chief  aim,  absorbs  the 
strength,  demands  the  energy,  the  highest  faculties  go  to  waste, 
the  nature  sordidly  degenerates.  To  save  the  college  from  this 
fate  is  the  object  of  the  permanent  endowment  which  every 
medical  college  so  earnestly  desires,  but  the  full  need  of  which 
the  philanthropic  public  so  little  recognizes. 

Emancipation  from  anxiety  concerning  material  needs  is  the 
sole  condition  of  free  exercise  of  mental  and  spiritual  powers. 
As  has  been  said,  this,  being  true  of  the  individual,  is  true  also 
of  the  institution.  Medical  colleges  should  exist  solely  for  the 
purpose  of  thoroughly  and  ideally  fitting  students  for  the  suc¬ 
cessful  and  honorable  practice  of  the  noblest  of  the  professions. 
In  proportion  as  the  intelligence  and  generosity  of  the  commu¬ 
nity  make  it  possible  for  the  college  to  do  this,  that  community 
is  ministering  to  its  own  welfare.  The  trained  physician — 
soundly  trained,  ethically,  as  well  as  technically — is,  it  is  no  ex¬ 
aggeration  to  say,  the  most  valued  and  appreciated — too  often 
the  most  sorely  needed  worker  in  any  community.  It  lies  with 
a  community  to  say  whether  or  no  such  physicians  shall  be. 
Their  training  will  not  come  of  itself.  It  can  only  be  acquired 
at  colleges  capable  of  bestowing  it,  and  such  colleges  can  exist 
only  where  the  community,  or  certain  of  its  rich  and  far-seeing 
citizens,  are  found  willing  so  to  endow  it  as  to  make  its  best 
work  possible. 

No  more  erroneous  idea  can  prevail  than  that  a  medical  col¬ 
lege  can  or  should  be  self-supporting.  Such  a  notion  is  only 
paralleled  in  error  by  the  idea  that  the  fees  a  medical  student 
pays  to  his  Alma  Mater  are  an  equivalent  for  what  he  receives 


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from  her.  The  sooner  a  student  disabuses  himself  of  this  latter 
idea,  the  sooner  will  he  become  fit  to  cross  the  threshold  of  the 
noble  profession  that  only  base  souls  drag  down  to  the  level  of 
a  trade.  The  fees  paid  by  a  medical  student  to  his  college  are 
the  merest  honorarium ,  barely  compensating  for  the  few  mate¬ 
rial  comforts  he  enjoys  while  prosecuting  his  studies  ;  for  the 
heating  of  the  halls  and  laboratories  in  which  he  works  ;  the  re¬ 
pairing  and  lighting  of  the  college  buildings  ;  the  services  of 
the  janitors  who  keep  them  clean  and.  orderly;  the  wear  and 
tear  of  the  material  apparatus  by  the  aid  of  which  he  studies. 
For  the  magnificent  gift  of  the  inheritance  of  all  the  ages  in 
medical  lore,  the  revelations  of  medical  science,  ancient  and 
modern,  the  teaching  and  example  of  the  men,  most  of  whose 
services  are  given,  without  price,  to  him  and  his  fellows,  for 
love  of  medical  science  and  its  continuance  and  upbuilding 
along  worthy  lines — for  these  things  does  the  community,  or 
does  the  student  himself  imagine  his  fees  to  stand  as  an  equiv¬ 
alent  ?  A  moment’s  thought  puts  to  rout  such  a  fallacy. 

There  are  branches  of  teaching  which  demand  the  teacher’s 
whole  time,  or  so  great  a  share  of  it  as  to  render  remunerative 
work  in  other  directions  impossible  for  him.  If  these  branches 
are  to  be  thoroughly  taught,  a  medical  college  must  be  prepared 
to  offer  such  a  teacher  compensation  sufficient  to  make  it  pos¬ 
sible  for  him  to  put  the  needed  amount  of  time  at  its  service. 
There  are  varieties  of  apparatus,  of  incalculable  value — in  these 
days  of  close  scientific  exactitude,  of  almost  absolute  necessity 
— to  the  thorough  training  of  the  medical  student.  Such  appa¬ 
ratus  is  only  to  be  secured  by  the  medical  college  having  a  cer¬ 
tain  and  sufficient  income  at  its  disposal.  As  has  been  said, 
the  fees  received  from  students  are,  as  a  rule,  barely  sufficient 
to  cover  the  lowest,  most  material  needs  of  the  college  ;  the 
erection  and  repair  of  suitable  buildings;  their  heating,  lighting 
and  maintenance  in  fit  order,  and  the  like.  The  vital,  highest 
necessities  of  the  college,  in  the  way  of  expert  teaching  and 
modern  apparatus,  are  left  practically  unprovided  for.  The  loss 
affects  not  only  the  student,  but  the  community  in  which  he  is 
hereafter  to  practise,  and  which  must  profit  or  suffer  according 
as  he  is  well  or  ill  equipped  for  his  work.  It  is  for  that  com¬ 
munity  to  protect  itself  in  advance,  by  seeing  to  it  that  his 
equipment  is  only  limited  by  the  measure  of  his  ability.  Public 
opinion  must  be  so  educated  that  medical  colleges  shall  be  alto¬ 
gether  freed  from  the  inevitable  temptation  and  the  very  seri¬ 
ous  perils  of  the  attempt  to  combine  the  functions  of  profes¬ 
sional  instruction  with  commercial  gain.  It  is  the  duty  of  every 
physician,  every  medical  journalist,  every  loyal  alumnus  of  a 
medical  college  to  do  his  share  toward  educating  public  opinion 
to  recognition  of  the  necessity  of  endowments. 


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METHODS  OF  INSTRUCTION  IN  PHYSIO  LOG  Y. 

BY  PROF.  JOHN  A.  ROCKWELL,  M.D 

There  are  three  ways  of  teaching  physiology  and  its  allied 
sciences — by  text-book,  by  lecture  and  by  experimental  work. 
The  book  gives  fullness  of  view ;  the  lecture  may  throw  in  the 
perspective,  enforce  certain  shade  lines  and  give  color;  but  the 
experimental  leads  to  a  knowledge  of  its  parts  and  their  method 
of  combination  and  action.  In  Boston  University  School  of 
Medicine,  these  three  methods  of  instruction  have  proved  of 
the  utmost  practical  value.  The  first-year  students  receive 
text-book  drill  and  must  pass  examination  thereon.  In  the 
second  year  there  are  added  the  lecture  and  the  laboratory 
work.  The  latter  includes  tasks  in  physiological  physics,  phys¬ 
iological  chemistry  and  experimental  physiology.  A  proper 
equipment  for  such  experimental  work  would  include  a  good 
working  knowledge  of  higher  algebra,  chemistry,  physics  and 
the  microscope,  and  it  should  be  preceded  by  a  thorough,  prac¬ 
tical  course  in  elementary  biology.  In  this  direction  the  de¬ 
partment  already  requires  much  and  is  moving  forward. 

The  building  of  new  laboratories  and  the  expansion,  in  all 
directions,  of  facilities  for  practical  work  are  the  outcome  of  the 
modern  spirit  of  exploration — the  profound  conviction  that  ob¬ 
servation  and  experiment  mark  the  road  to  knowledge  in  applied 
science,  and  that  no  student  is  ready  for  life-work  until  he  has 
had  a  thorough,  elementary  training  in  methods  of  research  and 
measurement,  of  analysis  and  comparison — until  his  senses 
have  become  trained  and  willing  servants  of  a  disciplined  mind. 
Physiology,  especially,  requires  the  application  of  these  methods 
for  the  elucidation  of  some  of  the  processes,  constructive  and 
destructive,  synthetic  and  analytic,  by  which  certain  metabolic 
changes  take  place  in  the  human  body.  To  understand  the 
chemistry  and  physics  of  livi«ng  matter  we  must  bring  to  the 
study  the  painstaking  and  exact  methods  pertaining  to  the  study 
of  those  sciences.  We  must  descend  from  the  pedestal  of  spec¬ 
ulation  to  the  firm  base  of  demonstration.  If  our  rate  of  prog¬ 
ress  appears  much  slower,  each  step  forward  may  mark  real 
progress.  Dealing  with  living  matter — complex  in  its  change¬ 
ful  manifestations,  sensitive  to  changed  conditions — the  way  is 
long  and  fatiguing  and  progress  is  especially  slow — many  prob¬ 
lems  of  nutrition  and  of  action  remain  unsolved. 

Every  student  should  be  brought  into  touch  with  the  investi¬ 
gating  spirit  by  becoming  himself  an  investigator.  He  should 
be  taught  to  observe  accurately  and  record  truthfully,  to  note 
the  difference  in  reaction  of  living  and  lifeless  matter,  to  set  up 
and  adjust  apparatus,  to  improvise  new  methods  or  apparatus 


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for  new  conditions,  and  to  become  somewhat  familiar  with  the 
methods  of  systematic  research.  Beyond  the  technique  he  must 
advance  to  the  exploration  of  regions  known  and  unknown. 

With  his  microscope  and  other  aids,  chemical  and  physical, 
he  should  for  himself  not  only  count  the  blood-corpuscles,  ob¬ 
serve  the  blood  in  circulation,  note  variations  of  heart  action, 
record  the  pulse-beat,  study  relations  of  muscle  and  nerve,  fol¬ 
low  the  different  processes  of  digestion,  and  inquire  into  the 
maze  of  reflexes  and  cerebration,  but  also  enter  the  borderland 
of  the  unknown  and  experience  the  joy  of  making  a  new  contri¬ 
bution  to  the  sum  of  human  knowledge.  The  student  should 
be  taught  to  observe  and  to  think  for  himself,  to  work  upon 
and,  if  possible,  to  work  out  his  own  problems,  to  be  modest  yet 
self-reliant,  and  to  have  the  courage  of  his  own  observations — 
in  short,  be  trained  for  leading  work  in  the  forceful  future  open¬ 
ing  to  the  educated  young  men  and  women  of  to-day. 

The  place  for  such  training  is  in  the  laboratories  of  our 
schools,  especially  the  physiological  and  biological  laboratories. 
But  laboratories  cost  money,  a  great  deal  of  money  for  equip¬ 
ment,  and  a  great  deal  of  money  for  maintenance.  Yet,  in  what 
direction  can  money  be  more  wisely  expended  ? 


THE  MASSACHUSETTS  HO  MCE  OP  A  THIC  HOSPITAL. 

This  hospital  was  chartered  by  special  act  of  the  Legislature 
of  Massachusetts  in  1855.  The  Dispensary  was  established  in 
the  following  year,  and  the  great  success  attending  a  fair  for 
its  permanent  fund  in  1859,  made  the  friends  of  the  hospital 
confident  of  the  immediate  establishment  of  the  hospital.  The 

war,  however,  broke  out  in  the  following  year  and  the  minds  of 
people  were  diverted  from  this  charity,  and  ten  years  elapsed 
before  it  was  again  taken  up  earnestly  by  a  few  of  its  friends. 

In  January,  1871,  a  small  hospital  of  fifteen  beds  was  opened 
in  a  house  hired  for  the  purpose  at  14  Burroughs  Place,  Boston, 
which  soon  drew  to  its  aid  many  of  the  friends  of  homoeopathy 
in  Boston  and  vicinity. 

An  event  occurred  in  November  of  1871  which,  while  it  was 
intended  to  destroy  this  hospital  and  the  standing  and  position 
of  homoeopathy,  did  more  than  anything  else  could  have  done 
for  its  progress  and  ultimate  success.  The  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society  determined  to  brand  its  homoeopathic  members 
as  guilty  of  improper  practice  and,  although  they  were  unwill¬ 
ing  to  state  in  their  charges  what  the  character  of  that  practice 

was,  yet  it  was  perfectly  apparent  to  the  community  and  finally 
acknowledged  to  be — because  they  practised  without  concealment 
homoeopathically.  This  attack  was  carried  on  in  the  most  high- 


Massaschusetts  Homoeopathic  Hospital. 


Grant  of  Land  for  Nurses’  Home. 


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handed  manner,  the  avowed  object  being  to  place  the  oppro¬ 
brium  of  expulsion  upon  all  homoeopathic  members.  At  the 
moment  when  t be  prosecutors  supposed  they  were  about  to  ac¬ 
complish  their  object,  an  injunction  from  the  supreme  court, 
forbidding  such  summary  proceedings,  so  completely  negatived 
their  purposes  that  the  attention  and  sympathies  of  the  com¬ 
munity  were  directed  to  the  subject. 

In  the  May  following,  a  public  fair  in  aid  of  the  Homoeo¬ 
pathic  Hospital  was  held  in  the  Horticultural  and  Boston  Music 
Halls.  This  continued  for  two  weeks  and  produced  the  net  sum 
of  $76,000,  to  which  was  added  $4,000  by  subsequent  sale.  The 
immense  success  of  this  Fair,  the  number  of  friends  and  sup¬ 
porters  it  secured  established  the  Homoeopathic  Hospital  for¬ 
ever.  More  than  this,  it  established  the  first  medical  college 
to  teach  homoeopathy  in  New  England.  It  diverted  to  this 
college  the  New  England  Female  Medical  College  with  such 
property  as  it  had  gained  in  the  twenty-five  years  of  its  exist¬ 
ence,  and  the  trustees  of  Boston  University  took  these  institu¬ 
tions —  the  new  medical  school  and  the  Woman’s  College  — 
unitedly  under  its  protecting  care,  forming  Boston  University 
School  of  Medicine. 

In  1876,  land  had  been  purchased  from  the  City  of  Boston  in 
close  proximity  to  the  College,  and  a  beautiful  building  capable 
of  containing  fifty  beds  erected  thereon  was  opened  to  the 
public.  So  rapidly  was  this  hospital  filled  with  patients  and  so 
great  the  demand  upon  it  that  it  soon  became  necessary  to  en¬ 
large  it.  The  City  graciously  granted  to  the  hospital  an  addi¬ 
tional  tract  of  land  valued  at  $30,000,  and  the  friends  of  the 
hospital,  among  whom  must  be  mentioned  with  gratitude  and 
warm  regard  the  late  Gibeon  F.  T.  Reed,  erected  additional 
buildings  for  the  hospital  at  a  cost  exceeding  $100,000,  which 
were  completed  and  dedicated  in  1884. 

This  sufficed  for  a  short  time  only,  when  additional  room  was 
called  for  and  the  trustees,  in  1890,  applied  to  the  State  Legis¬ 
lature  for  aid,  which  gave  to  them  a  most  generous  grant  of 
$120,000  for  the  erection  of  additional  buildings,  coupled  with 
the  condition  that  the  hospital  should  forever  maintain  at  least 
twenty  free  beds  and  have  four  State  trustees  upon  its  board  of 
management.  These  buildings  were  completed  and  opened  to 
the  public  in  1892. 

The  largest  number  of  inmates  of  the  hospital,  including 
nurses  and  employees,  is  200;  the  number  of  nurses  in  the 
present  employ  is  44 ;  the  number  of  patients  treated  in  the 
past  year  has  been  1,329.  The  mortality  in  the  past  year  has 
been  less  than  2\  per  cent.,  and  the  average  mortality  for 
twenty-five  years  has  been  about  3^  per  cent.,  a  remarkably 


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low  rate  for  a  general  hospital  of  this  character.  The  number 
of  surgical  operations  of  most  serious  character  has  been  very 
great  and  attended  with  unusual  success. 

Connected  with  the  hospital  there  has  been  for  the  past  ten 
years  a  training-school  for  nurses,  from  which  have  graduated  a 
large  number  who  are  now  doing  efficient  service  in  the  com¬ 
munity.  For  lack  of  room  in  the  hospital,  nurses  have  had  quar¬ 
ters  outside  which,  though  the  best  that  could  be  provided, 
were  not  such  as  were  desirable,  and  the  City  has  recently 
given  a  lot  of  land  containing  nearly  12,000  ft.,  on  which  a  suit¬ 
able  home  for  nurses  may  be  erected.  Altogether  the  growth 
and  present  condition  of  this  hospital  are  such  as  should  gratify 
its  friends  and  supporters. 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  HOSPITAL,  1896. 


President. 

Charles  R.  Codman. 


Vice-Presidents. 

Henry  S.  Russell.  W.  H.  Horton.  John  C.  Haynes.  Isaac  Fenno. 


Trustees. 


E.  W.  Burdett. 

J.  Wilkinson  Clapp,  M.D. 

B.  Preston  Clark. 

David  B.  Flint. 

J.  Livingston  Grandin. 
Rufus  F.  Greeley. 

John  A.  Higginson. 

George  H.  Leonard. 
Thomas  Mack. 

Samuel  P.  Mandell. 
William  L.  Morse. 
William  Pope. 

Alvin  F.  Sortwell. 

I.  T.  Talbot,  M.D. 

Conrad  Wesselhoeft,  M.D. 


Mrs.  Frank  R.  Allen. 

Miss  Helen  Collamore. 
Mrs.  E.  S.  Converse. 

Mrs.  Oliver  Ditson. 

Mrs  A.  S.  Foster. 

Mrs.  Rufus  S.  Frost. 

Mrs.  George  W.  Gregerson 
Mrs.  John  C.  Haynes. 

Miss  F.  E.  Horton. 

Miss  Ida  Hunneman. 

Mrs.  M.  P.  KenNard.  1 
Mrs.  Rebecca  T.  Reed. 

Mrs.  George  D.  Tyson. 

Mrs.  Edward  Whitney. 
Mrs.  Alfreds.  Woodworth 


State  Trustees. 


J.  Louis  Rousmaniere. 
James  H.  Eaton. 
Oliver  PI.  Durrell. 
Erastus  T.  Colburn. 


Term  expires  1896. 
“  “  1896. 


“  1897. 

“  1898. 


Treasurer. 

Spencer  W.  Richardson,  40  Water  Street. 


Secretary. 

George  W.  Jackson,  31  Milk  Street. 


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HOSPITAL  STAFF. 


Physicians. 

Hency  C.  Ahlborn,  M.  D.,  Consulting.  J.  Heber  Smith,  M.  D. 
Conrad  Wesselhoeft,  M.  D.  John  P.  Sutherland,  M.  D. 

W.  P.  Wesselhoeft,  M.  D.  F.  B.  Percy,  M.  D. 

Walter  Wesselhoeft,  M.  D.  H.  E.  Spalding,  M.  D. 


Surgeons. 

I.  T.  Talbot,  M.  D.,  Constilting.  Horace  Packard,  M.  D. 

Alonzo  Boothby,  M.  D.,  Consulting.  N.  W.  Emerson,  M.  D. 

James  B.  Bell,  M.  D.  W.  J.  Winn,  M.  D. 

Winfield  S.  Smith,  M.  D.  A.  Howard  Powers,  M.  D. 


Specialists. 

Herbert  C.  Clapp,  M.  D.,  in  Diseases  of  the  Chest. 

John  H.  Payne,  M.  D.,  in  Diseases  of  the  Eye. 

Howard  P.  Bellows,  M.  D.,  in  Diseases  of  the  Ear. 

John  L.  Coffin,  M.  D.,  in  Diseases  of  the  Skin. 

Edward  P.  Colby,  M.  D.,  in  Diseases  of  the  Nprvous  System. 
N.  Emmons  Paine,  M.  D.,  in  Diseases  af  the  Mind. 

William  L.  Jackson,  M.  D.,  in  Electro-Therapeutics. 

Almena  J.  Baker-Flint,  M.  D.,  in  Electro-Therapeutics. 


Assistant  Physicians. 

Frederick  P.  Batchei.der,  M.  D.  Winthrop  T.  Talbot,  M.  D. 


Assistant  Surgeons. 

W.  F.  Wesselhoeft,  M.  D.  J.  Emmons  Briggs,  M.  D. 

Pathologist  and  Curator. 

Winthrop  T.  Talbot,  M.  D. 

Pharmacist. 

J.  Wilkinson  Clapp,  M-  D. 

Resident  Physician. 

T.  Morris  Strong,  M.  D. 

House  Physicians  and  Surgeons. 

Grace  Gardiner,  M.  D.  Myron  W.  Smith,  M.  D. 

Julia  M.  Lombard,  M.  D.  C.  E.  Montague,  M.  D. 


HOMCEOPA  THY  AND  MEDICAL  ED  DC  A  TION. 

BY  W.  T.  TALBOT,  M.D. 

The  homoeopathic  practitioners  of  the  United  States  are  rep¬ 
resented  by  the  American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy,  the  oldest 
national  medical  association  in  America.  It  was  founded  in 
1844,  at  a  meeting  held  in  New  York  at  the  invitation  of  the 
New  York  Homoeopathic  Physicians’  Society,  and,  with  the 
exception  of  four  years  during  the  war,  1861-64,  has  met  annu¬ 
ally  since  its  organization.  Its  growth  has  corresponded  closely 
with  the  spread  of  homoeopathic  practice  and  it  now  comprises 


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a  membership  of  1586  physicians  from  42  States  and  Territories. 
It  thus  may  be  considered  as  a  representative  body.  Its  atti¬ 
tude  on  public  questions  may  be  said  to  reflect  the  prevailing 
general  sentiment  of  the  men  whom  it  represents.  In  1849, 
when  but  one  medical  school  was  in  existence  in  which  homoeo¬ 
pathic  practice  was  taught,  action  was  taken  by  the  Institute 
even  at  that  early  date  in  the  appointment  of  a  committee  for 
the  consideration  of  medical  education.  In  1858,  it  was  “  Re¬ 
solved,  that  it  is  the  duty  of  the  American  Institute  of  Homoe¬ 
opathy  to  extend  a  fostering  care  to  the  homoeopathic  schools 
of  the  United  States.” 

At  the  close  of  the  war,  after  the  interim  of  enforced  inac¬ 
tivity,  the  committee  on  medical  education  was  continued  and 
was  instructed  to  confer  with  representatives  of  the  medical 
schools  “  to  devise  a  more  thorough  and  efficient  plan  of  medi¬ 
cal  education  than  that  now  pursued  by  any.”  The  report  was 
made  and  radical  recommendations  were  offered  to  the  effect 

that  entrance  examinations  and  a  four  vears’  course  should  be 

«/ 

demanded  of  all  graduates  in  medicine  from  homoeopathic 
schools.  This  action,  although  not  immediately  effective,  is 
noticeable  because  occurring  at  a  time  when  few  of  the  oldest 
and  best  schools  in  the  country  had  gone  so  far  as  to  require 
three  years  of  study,  while  the  great  majority  contented  them¬ 
selves  with  two  terms  of  lectures  of  three  or  four  months  each 
and  not  one  even  offered  a  four  years’  course.  The  first  man¬ 
datory  step  was  taken  in  1878,  when  it  was  resolved  that  “no 
college  be  recognized  by  this  Institute  either  by  the  reception 
of  its  delegates  or  the  admission  of  its  graduates,  which  fails  to 
make  an  annual  report,”  and  that  these  reports  should  contain 
all  essential  facts  relating  to  the  length  of  time  and  character 
of  studies  demanded  of  each  graduate.  The  colleges,  moreover, 
were  required  to  forward  copies  of  their  charters,  by-laws,  etc., 
in  order  to  remove  all  shadow  of  doubt  regarding  their  legal 
standing  and  corporate  rights. 

In  1884,  the  Intercollegiate  Committee,  instituted  ten  years 
previously  and  consisting  of  two  delegates  from  the  faculty  of 
each  of  the  thirteen  homoeopathic  medical  schools,  reported  as 
follows  : 

“  Eleven  colleges  represented  in  the  Institute  have  unani¬ 
mously  voted  to  require,  from  and  after  the  session  of  1885-86, 
a  thorough  preliminary  examination  in  the  branches  of  a  good 
English  education,  embracing  mathematics  and  physics,  or  a 
diploma  from  a  respectable  literary  institution.” 

This  important  action  in  formal  recognition  of  the  necessity 
of  more  thorough  preliminary  study,  was  the  initiative  step,  as 
far  as  is  known,  of  the  present  reform  in  medical  requirements 
in  either  school  of  medical  practice. 


BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION.  IS 

In  1888,  in  obedience  to  a  resolution  of  the  Institute  looking 
to  “  concerted  and  harmonious  action  in  the  further  improve¬ 
ment  of  medical  education,”  the  Intercollegiate  Committee 

“Resolved,  that  after  the  college  sessions  of  1890-91,  each 
and  all  of  the  homoeopathic  schools  of  America  will  require  of 
their  candidates  of  graduation  at  least  three  years  of  medical 
study,  including  three  full  courses  of  didactic  and  clinical  in¬ 
struction  of  at  least  six  months  each.” 

This  action  was  upheld  by  the  national  body  in  a  resolution 
“that  this  Institute  will  after  1891,  require  from  all  applicants 
graduating  after  that  time,  a  full  compliance  with  the  above  re¬ 
quirements  for  graduation.” 

In  1890,  the  Intercollegiate  Committee  voted  that  in  all 
schools  represented  by  the  committee,  “after  the  fall  of  1892, 
the  term  of  study  required  for  graduation  shall  be  at  least  four 
years ,  which  shall  include  attendance  upon  not  less  than  three 
terms  of  lectures  of  six  months  each.” 

When  it  is  considered  that  the  homoeopathic  schools  are  the 
youngest  and  financially  the  least  independent  schools  of  the 
country,  this  insistence  upon  a  standard  of  education  higher 
than  that  adopted  by  their  competitors,  was  to  say  the  least,  as 
rash  as  it  was  praiseworthy.  Nor  has  this  action  been  proved 
unwise,  for  the  best  sentiment  of  the  community  and  the  pro¬ 
fession  is  with  them,  and  other  schools  have  been  forced  now  to 
the  same  procedure  as  is  evidenced  by  the  action  in  1894,  of 
the  Association  of  Medical  Colleges. 

Since  1879,  when  the  medical  schools  were  first  required  to 
furnish  annual  reports  to  the  Institute,  figures  regarding  their 
requirements  are  obtainable.  In  the  series  of  years  from  1879 
to  1893,  the  average  term  has  been  lengthened  from  23.5  to 
2 6.6  weeks  and  the  average  number  of  courses  required  from 
less  than  2.4  to  3.6  courses.  On  the  other  hand  the  proportion 
of  the  number  of  graduates  to  the  whole  number  of  students 
has  been  reduced  from  1  in  3.26  to  1  in  3.29.  That  is  to  say 
while  the  length  of  the  terms  and  the  number  of  }rears  required 
for  study  has  steadily  increased,  it  has  been  made  more  difficult 
for  a  candidate  to  obtain  his  degree. 


1879 

1881 

1883 

1885 

1887 

1889 

1891 

1893 

Medical  Schools, 

10 

1 1 

1 1 

13 

H 

*3 

16 

16 

Average  term, 

“  number  courses,  No 
“  “  students, 

“  “  graduates, 

23-5 

237 

237 

24  6 

25.0 

25-5 

26.0 

26.6 

report. 

2.4 

2.4 

2.6 

24 

2.8 

2.9 

36 

1 1 1 

114 

1  x9 

66 

7i 

80 

80 

99 

34 

40 

40 

28 

27 

28 

25 

27 

Whole  number  students, 

1 1 10 

1250 

1310 

864 

995 

ii75 

1276 

1580 

“  “  graduates, 

335 

43s 

440 

365 

372 

369 

406 

427 

In  common  with  other  schools,  a  curious  decrease  in  attend¬ 
ance  began  in  1884  in  the  homoeopathic  schools,  reaching  its 


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lowest  point  in  1885,  and  then  gradually  rising.  In  fourteen 
years,  however,  the  number  of  yearly  matriculants  has  risen 
from  1 1 10  to  1580,  and  the  number  of  students  graduated  an¬ 
nually  from  335  to  427.  The  number  of  alumni  in  1893  were 
9868,  as  compared  with  5825  ten  years  previously. 

With  regard  to  the  attitude  of  homoeopathic  practitioners 
abroad  toward  medical  education,  suffice  it  to  say  that  being 
debarred  from  representation  in  the  teaching  faculties,  it  has 
been  impossible  to  express  their  views  in  a  practical  way,  ex¬ 
cept  through  individual  thoroughness,  learning  and  industry. 
In  one  university  alone,  as  far  as  is  known,  is  there  a  chair  de¬ 
voted  to  the  teaching  of  homoeopathic  practice.  Under  such 
conditions  it  is  strange  that  homoeopathy  has  survived  at  all, 
and  its  spread  under  the  circumstances  has  been  extended  far 
wider  than  would  seem  possible. 

It  is  plain  that  physicians  of  the  liberal  school  in  the  United 
States  have  put  themselves  on  record  as  being  the  first  to  urge 
by  official  utterance  and  to  compel  the  schools  to  raise  their 
standards  and  lengthen  their  courses.  The  example  has  proved 
infectious  and  the  effect  is  widely  felt,  but  the  end  is  not  yet ; 
poverty-stricken  though  they  be,  the  homoeopathic  schools  de¬ 
serve  credit  not  only  for  having  taken  the  initiative  in  this 
matter,  but  also  for  the  fact  that  their  progress  is  continuing 
from  year  to  year  none  the  less  steadily  because  slowly. 


THE  HOMCEOPATHIC  MEDICAL  DISPENSARY,  BOSTON. 

The  large  numbers  which  flock  to  a  dispensary  for  treatment, 
furnish  a  great  variety  of  diseases  for  observation  and  study  by 
students  as  well  as  by  physicians.  The  patients  are  divided 
into  three  classes  : 

First.  The  chronic,  which  includes  a  great  mass  of  persons 
who,  though  for  a  long  time  sick,  are  able  to  visit  the  Dispen¬ 
sary. 

Second.  A  large  number  of  acute  affections,  not  sufficiently 
severe  to  house  the  patient,  and 

Third.  The  beginning  of  severe  acute  disease.  These  latter 
may  make  a  single  visit  to  the  Dispensary  and  subsequent  treat¬ 
ment  may  require  the  domiciliary  visits  of  the  physician.  In 
these  cases  the  student  has  the  opportunity  of  familiarizing 
himself  with  all  the  more  common  diseases  which  he  will  find 
in  subsequent  practice,  and  under  the  direction  of  the  medical 
staff,  he  is  able  to  give  the  careful  attention  and  study  which 
would  rarely  be  accorded  by  the  physician  in  extensive  practice, 
however  skillful  he  may  be.  Hence  the  Dispensary  is  a  valu¬ 
able  adjunct  to  the  Medical  School. 


BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


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The  Homoeopathic  Medical  Dispensary  was  chartered  by  the 
State  of  Massachusetts  in  1856,  and  was  opened  to  the  public 
in  the  following  year.  It  is  now,  therefore,  in  its  fortieth  year 
of  continuous  work.  Its  growth  has  been  steady.  In  its  first 
year,  it  cared  for  18 1  patients,  while  in  the  last  year  it  treated 
upwards  of  17,00c,  administering  over  53,000  prescriptions.  The 
total  work  since  it  was  established  has  been  293,322  patients, 
treated  with  804,866  prescriptions. 

The  Dispensary  first  opened  with  a  small  room  in  the  old 
Tremont  Temple  and  continued  there  until  1870,  when  it  pur¬ 
chased  a  house,  No.  14  Burroughs  Place.  Later  it  divided  into 
three  branches,  the  one  remaining  at  Burroughs  Place,  another 
established  in  the  Charity  Building  at  the  West  End,  and  the 
third  in  the  basement  of  the  buildings  of  Boston  University 
School  of  Medicine,  East  Concord  Street.  The  last  branch 
rapidly  outgrew  its  quarters  and  now  occupies  the  building 
erected  for  it  at  750  Harrison  Avenue. 

The  financial  history  of  the  Dispensary  is  somewhat  inter¬ 
esting.  Established  in  1856,  it  raised  a  small  permanent  fund 
and  a  small  temporary  fund  for  its  support,  but  the  fearful  busi¬ 
ness  crisis  in  1857  came  near  sweeping  away  all  its  means  of 
support  and  in  the  fall  of  1858,  it  was  seriously  considered 
whether  it  would  not  be  absolutely  necessary  to  give  up  the  un¬ 
dertaking.  Money  was  scarce  and  nobody  seemed  inclined  to 
give  a  dollar  for  the  charity.  A  few  of  its  warm  friends, 
however,  conceived  the  idea  of  a  public  fair  for  its  benefit,  and 
though  it  was  begun  with  the  greatest  misgivings  as  to  its  suc¬ 
cess,  yet  it  was  finally  decided  upon  and  was  held  March  5th 
to  9th,  1859,  m  Boston  Music  Hall.  The  outpouring  of  its 
friends  who  sprang  up  on  every  side,  made  the  effort  a  brilliant 
success  and  secured  the  net  sum  of  $13,100,  which  has  been  so 
well  managed  from  that  time  to  the  present,  that  it  has  been 
able  thereby  to  keep  the  Institution,  in  all  its  increased  growth, 
practically  free  from  debt. 

In  the  spring  of  1889,  the  Dispensary  rooms  being  found  en¬ 
tirely  inadequate  to  its  work,  measures  were  taken  to  secure 
more  commodious  quarters.  Application  was  made  to  the  City 
of  Boston  for  a  lot  of  land  on  the  corner  of  Harrison  Avenue 
and  Stoughton  Street,  containing  about  10,600  square  feet.  On 
June  6th,  1889,  this  land  was  furnished  by  the  city  with  a  quit 
claim  deed.  A  building  was  erected  of  spacious  dimensions, 
the  two  lower  stories  of  which  were  completed,  and  it  was  oc¬ 
cupied  on  Sept.  2nd,  1891.  It  cost  in  erection  and  furnishing, 
about  $70,000. 

The  Dispensary  is  largely  indebted  to  the  generosity  of  Mr. 
G.  F.  T.  Reed,  who  made  to  its  building  fund  a  donation  of 


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BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


$25,000,  and  to  a  fair  held  in  Horticulural  Hall  in  May,  1891, 
which  realized  $10,550.  The  building  has  a  large  central  wait¬ 
ing  room,  20  feet  wide  by  120  long,  with  consulting  officers 
arranged  around  it  for  the  following  departments  : 

Medical,  Surgical,  Women’s,  Children’s,  Eye  and  Ear,  Skin, 
Throat,  Chest,  Nervous,  Rectal,  Genito-Urinary,  Orthopaedic 
and  Dental.  About  sixty  physicians  are  in  connection  with 
this  who  give  their  services,  and  the  students  in  the  senior  year 
of  the  School  assist  in  the  work  of  the  Dispensary  and  also  in 
the  visiting  of  out-patients.  The  number  visiting  the  Dispen¬ 
sary  varies  from  100  to  300  daily.  Already  the  rooms  are 
oftentimes  uncomfortably  crowded  and  all  its  friends  look  for¬ 
ward  hopefully  to  the  day  when  the  building  itself  shall  be 
completed  and  made  one  of  the  most  extensive  and  convenient 
dispensary  buildings  in  this  country. 

OFFICERS  FOR  1 896. 

President,  F.  A.  Dewson,  Esq.  ;  vice-presidents,  Lewis  G. 
Lowe,  M.D.,  Hon.  Alden  Speare ;  treasurer,  J.  Wilkinson 
Clapp,  M.D.  ;  secretary,  I.  T.  Talbot,  M.D,  ;  trustees,  Herbert 
C.  Clapp,  M.D.,  Russell  S.  Codman,  Miss  Alice  Ahlborn,  A.  J. 
Baker-Flint,  M.D.,  J.  P.  Sutherland,  M.D.,  A.  Howard  Powers, 
M.D.,  Alonzo  Boothby,  M.D.,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Allen,  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Thorndike,  A.  L.  Kennedy,  M.D.,  S.  H.  Blodgett,  M.D.,  N.  H. 
Houghton,  M.D. 


THE  WESTBORO  INSANE  HOSPITAL. 

The  Westboro  Insane  Hospital  is  one  of  the  group  of  institu¬ 
tions  in  close  relationship  with  Boston  University  School  of 
Medicine.  Its  organization  was  due  to  the  same  causes  which 
led  to  the  establishment  of  the  Medical  School,  and  it  has  lain 
along  the  same  broad  lines  of  tolerance  in  the  practice  of  medi¬ 
cine.  Clinics  for  the  instruction  of  students  of  Boston  Univer¬ 
sity  School  of  Medicine  were  established  in  1887  and  have  been 
held  annually  since  that  time.  The  hospital  is  beautifully  situ¬ 
ated  upon  a  hill  overlooking  Lake  Chauncy,  and  the  buildings, 
although  insufficient  in  size  to  meet  the  demands  upon  them, 
are  spacious,  well  ventilated,  clean  and  attractive. 

The  Hospital  was  established  by  an  act  of  the  General  Court 
approved  June  3,  1884,  for  the  treatment  of  patients  “  upon  the 
principles  of  medicine  known  as  the  homoeopathic,”  and  was 
opened  Dec.  1,  1886.  It  is  to  be  presumed  that,  as  no  State 
hospital  was  at  that  time  under  homoeopathic  management,  the 
Legislature  may  have  desired  not  merely  to  recognize  a  school 
of  medicine  that  had  become  well  known  and  that  had  to  a 
greater  or  less  extent  obtained  public  confidence,  but  also  to 


Westboro  Insane  Asylum 


Boston  Homoeopathic  Dispensary, 


BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


17 


try  the  experiment  of  placing  a  State  institution  under  its 
charge,  with  a  view  of  ascertaining  whether,  by  so  doing,  any 
improvement  in  the  treatment  of  insanity  would  result.  As  the 
Westboro  Hospital  has  now  been  in  operation  for  the  past  ten 
years,  it  is  proper  to  point  out  that  the  large  percentage  of  re¬ 
coveries  at  this  institution  has  demonstrated  that  its  methods 
of  treatment  are  an  advance  upon  those  heretofore  practised  at 
State  lunatic  hospitals.  The  hospital  reports  made  to  the  Gov¬ 
ernor  and  council  a  year  ago  indicate  that,  of  the  curable  cases 
which  were  admitted  to  this  hospital  in  the  year  ending  Sept. 
30,  1894,  68  per  cent,  were  cured,  while  the  highest  rate  of 
cures  of  similar  cases  in  any  other  State  hospital,  during  the 
same  year,  was  36  per  cent.  In  previous  years — as  will  appear 
upon  examination  of  the  official  reports — the  Westboro  Hospi¬ 
tal  has  led  the  others  in  the  percentage  of  recoveries  in  about 
the  same  proportion.  It  is  unnecessary  to  make  any  further 
comment  upon  this  condition  of  affairs,  but  merely  to  present 
this  bare  statement  of  the  facts. 

The  Superintendent’s  census  for  1895  is  as  follows  : 


Men. 

Women. 

Totals. 

Patients  in  the  hospital  Sept.  30,  1894,  . 

223 

350 

573 

Admissions  within  the  year,  .... 
Whole  number  of  cases  within  the  year. 

111 

143 

254 

334 

493 

827 

Discharged  within  the  year . 

125 

135 

260 

Yiz. :  as  recovered, . 

30 

37 

67 

much  improved, . 

20 

21 

41 

improved . 

13 

14 

27 

not  improved . 

20 

19 

39 

not  insane,  ...... 

4 

6 

10 

Deaths,  - . 

38 

38 

76 

Patients  remaining  Sept.  30,  1895,  . 

Daily  average  number  of  patients,  . 

209 

358 

567 

215.36 

348.99 

564.35 

During  the  past  year  there  were  admitted  to  this  hospital  62 
cases  of  acute  mania  and  melancholia,  and  in  the  same  time 
there  were  discharged  47  cases  of  these  forms  recovered.  Kit 
The  large  percentage  of  cures  is  a  trustworthy  indication  of 
the  unusual  efforts  that  are  here  made  for  the  relief  of  the  sick, 
and  whatever  is  possible  within  the  limits  of  the  means  at  com¬ 
mand  is  done  for  the  comfort  and  cure  of  the  sick  and  suffering. 
The  remarkably  good  results  are  due  to  a  number  of  causes,  the 
first  of  which  is  the  application  of  the  principles  of  homoeopa¬ 
thy.  From  the  opening  of  the  hospital  until  the  present  time 


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the  medicines  have  been  administered  in  accordance  with  the 
law  of  similars  ;  all  acute  cases  receive  medicine  daily,  and  a 
very  large  proportion  of  the  chronic  patients  also  receive  care¬ 
ful  medical  treatment.  Constant  effort  has  been  made  toward 
cure,  even  in  those  patients  who  seem  to  be  incurable.  This 
attitude  toward  the  insane  is  not  generally  followed  in  public 
asylums  for  the  insane,  and  the  percentage  of  persons  receiving 
medicine  is  larger  here  than  in  most  hospitals.  The  results 
show  not  only  the  wisdom  of  the  homoeopathic  application  of 
medicines,  but  also  the  necessity  of  prescribing  for  a  large  pro¬ 
portion  of  patients  in  a  hospital. 

A  second  reason  for  success  is  the  use,  in  certain  cases,  of 
mechanical  restraint.  Whenever  a  patient  is  restless,  is  unwil¬ 
ling  to  remain  quiet  and  in  bed,  inasmuch  as  those  symptoms  are 
not  the  exuberance  of  health  but  the  evidence  of  mental  disease, 
the  judicious  use  of  a  bed  sheet  or  of  other  suitable  device  for 
keeping  the  patient  quiet  and  preventing  exhaustion  is  humane 
and  an  assistance  to  recovery.  It  is  believed  that  what  is 
termed  chemical  restraint,  which  is  produced  by  chloral  and 
other  drugs,  is  harmful  to  the  patient,  and  unnecessary.  Such 
medicines  have  never  been  employed  in  this  hospital.  From 
properly  applied  restraint  ill  results  have  never  been  known  ; 
by  drugs,  acute  brain  affections  are  often  made  incurable. 

A  third  reason  for  satisfactory  results  has  been  due  to  the 
very  liberal  use  of  the  “rest  treatment.”  This  method  was 
adopted  when  this  hospital  opened,  and  it  was  one  of  the  first 
State  institutions  in  this  country  to  use  it  extensively.  This 
treatment  requires  that  tired-out  and  exhausted  patients  shall 
be  put  in  bed  and  treated  like  other  invalids  ;  that  they  shall  be 
fed  at  frequent  intervals,  and  largely  in  order  to  repair  the  ex¬ 
hausted  nervous  system :  and  that  massage  should  be  given  to 
take  the  place  of  violent  exercise  which  is  prohibited.  This 
treatment,  which  originated  with  Dr.  Mitchell,  of  Philadelphia, 
about  twenty  years  ago,  is  probably  used  more  than  any  other 
form  of  treatment  by  specialists  in  nervous  troubles,  and  a  few 
years  ago  was  found  to  have  been  employed  in  more  than  thirty 
insane  hospitals  in  the  United  States.  It  has  the  objection  of 
expensiveness  and  of  unusual  attention  and  skill  on  the  part  of 
the  attending  physician  ;  it  has  materially  contributed,  however, 
to  the  cures  in  this  hospital. 

Another  reason  why  good  results  should  be  found  here  is  due 
to  the  method  of  classification.  In  this  institution  an  attempt 
is  made  to  combine  a  hospital  and  an  asylum  under  one  roof.  It 
would  be  far  better  if  the  present  buildings  should  be  used  ex¬ 
clusively  as  an  asylum,  and  other  buildings  more  suitable  could 
be  built  for  hospital  purposes,  In  the  absence  of  such  an  ar- 


BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


19 


rangement  the  physicians  of  the  hospital  have  undertaken  to 
apportion  the  patients  in  such  a  way  as  to  use  certain  wards  for 
hospital  and  other  wards  for  asylum  purposes. 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  HOSPITAL. 

TRUSTEES. 

CHARLES  R.  CODMAN,  Barnstable.  BENJAMIN  W.  CHILDS,  Worcester. 

EMILY  TALBOT,  Boston.  ALDEN  SPEARE,  Newton. 

GEORGE  B.  RICHMOND,  New  Bedford.  JOHN  M.  MERRIAM,  So.  Framingham. 
ELIZA  C.  DURFEE,  Fall  River. 

CONSULTING  BOARD  OF  PHYSICIANS  AND  SURGEONS. 

I.  T.  TALBOT,  M  D.  JOHN  H.  PAYNE,  M.D. 

CHARLES  L.  NICHOLS,  M.D.  H.  P.  BELLOWS,  M.D. 

CONRAD  WESSELHOEFT,  M.D.  HORACE  PACKARD,  M.D. 

E.  P.  COLBY,  M  D.  JOHN  P.  RAND,  M.D. 

N.  EMMONS  PAINE,  M-D. 

RESIDENT  OFFICERS. 

GEORGE  S.  ADAMS,  M.D.,  Superintendent. 

G.  FRANCIS  ADAMS,  M.D.,  Assistant  Physician. 

ELLEN  L.  KEITH,  M.D..  Assistant  Physician. 

DE  ETTE  BROWNELL,  M.D.,  Assistant  Physician. 

HENRY  I.  KLOPP,  M.D.,  Assistant  Physician. 

JOSEPH  S.  HUNT,  Clerk  and  Steward. 

TREASURER. 

FRANK  W.  FORBES,  Westboro. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  HAHNEMANN  ASSOC/AT/ON. 

(Incorporation,  April,  1896.) 

The  Association  was  founded  in  January,  1895,  to  aid  in  the 
support  of  Boston  University  School  of  Medicine  and  the  in¬ 
stitutions  intimately  connected  therewith,  and  essential  to  its 
work.  Any  person  may  become  a  member  by  the  payment  of 
$2.00  annually,  or  a  life  member  by  the  payment  of  $25.00.  A 
leading  object  of  this  Association  is  to  increase  the  Perma¬ 
nent  Endowment  F'und,  the  interest  of  which  only  will 
be  used  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  schools ;  a  small  propor¬ 
tion  of  the  income  is  appropriated  for  the  purchase  of  books 
and  instruments  for  the  school  and  to  meet  the  slight  running 
expenses  of  the  Association.  Assurance  is  thus  given  that 
monies  contributed  to  the  Association  will  be  of  permanent 
service  in  educating  thoroughly  and  well  those  men  and  women 
who  in  the  future  are  to  bear  the  responsibility  for  the  health 
and  well-being  of  families  and  whole  communities. 

Within  the  past  six  or  eight  years,  methods  of  medical  in¬ 
struction  have  been  radically  changed.  Instead  of  exclusively 
didactic  lectures,  as  formerly,  the  students  in  our  best  schools 
are  given  laboratory  work  and  clinical  instruction  to  an  extent 
scarcely  dreamed  of  ten  years  ago,  and  which  furnish  practical 
and  most  valuable  training.  This  change  of  method  necessarily 


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increases  very  greatly  the  cost  of  medical  education  ;  and  the 
fees  of  the  students  in  medical  schools  to-day  are  wholly  in¬ 
adequate  to  meet  the  expenses  of  instruction,  a  condition  not 
uncommon  and  which  has  been  provided  for  in  most  other 
technical  schools  and  institutions  of  learning,  save  those  of 
medicine.  To-day  the  total  endowment  of  theological  schools 
is  more  than  thirty  million  dollars,  while  that  of  all  the  medical 
schools  in  America  is  a  scant  five  millions.  The  cause  is  not 
far  to  seek.  Theology  afid  law  have  long  been  taught  in  con¬ 
nection  with  universities,  but  in  this  country,  at  least,  the 
teaching  of  medicine  took  its  start  from  the  apprentice  system, 
rather  than  from  the  academic  method  of  instruction,  and  it  has 
been  chiefly  through  the  self-sacrificing  labor  and  gifts  of  phy¬ 
sicians  themselves,  that  medicine,  sanitary  science,  and  public 
health  are  to-day  in  a  more  advanced  state  than  heretofore. 
Thorough  instruction  in  medicine  can  only  become  possible 
through  fostering  private  and  public  interest  in  this  matter, 
and  through  the  proper  equipment  of  medical  schools. 

Boston  University  School  of  Medicine  was  established  in 
1873,  on  the  broadest  possible  lines.  It  was  among  the  earliest 
to  establish  a  graded  course  of  instruction,  together  with  en¬ 
trance  examinations.  It  led  the  way  in  establishing  a  four-years’ 
course  in  1878,  and  in  1890  was  the  first  school  in  this  country 
to  require  four  years  of  eight  months  each,  of  medical  instruc¬ 
tion.  It  desires  to  extend  its  work  and  perfect  its  course  ;  this 
it  can  only  do  through  aid  from  its  friends.  No  effort  has  been 
spared  by  its  Faculty  in  the  past.  Of  the  fifty  physicians  who 
give  their  time  and  thought  to  instruction  within  its  walls,  there 
are  but  eight  who  receive  any  renumeration  whatever,  and  that 
insignificant  —  a  guarantee  of  the  most  convincing  kind  of  the 
earnestness  of  the  work  of  this  School.  It  is  within  the  power 
of  any  persons  who  may  ever  have  need  of  a  thoroughly  qualified 
physician,  to  do  lasting  good  by  contributing  to  the  fund  of 
this  Association. 

Its  officers  are  :  President,  Col.  Henry  S.  Russell,  Boston  ; 
Vice-President,  Elisha  S.  Converse,  of  Malden,  Hon.  Charles 
R.  Codman,  of  Barnstable,  Hon.  Everett  W.  Burdett,  of  Boston, 
Samuel  P.  Mandell,  of  Boston,  Hon.  Charles  H.  Amsden,  of 
Concord,  N.  H.,  Hon.  Henry  Howard,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  and 
W.  R.  Burnham,  Esq.,  of  Norwich,  Conn.  ;  Treasurer,  R.  H. 
Stearns,  140  Tremont  St.,  Boston;  Assistant  Treasurer,  F.  W. 
Stearns,  of  Boston  ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Dr.  I.  T.  Talbot, 
685  Boylston  St.,  of  Boston  ;  Recording  Secretary,  Dr.  J.  Heber 
Smith,  of  Boston  ;  Directors,  J.  Livingston  Grandin,  of  Boston, 
Dr.  N.  Emmons  Paine,  of  West  Newton  ;  W.  O.  Kyle,  Esq.,  of 


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Boston,  Dr.  Conrad  Wesselhoeft,  of  Boston,  James  M.  Bugbee, 
Esq.,  of  Boston,  and  Dr.  A.  J.  Baker-Flint,  of  Boston. 

Subscriptions  and  donations  will  be  cordially  acknowledged 
by  the  Treasurer. 

March  27,  1896. 


THE  INFINITESIMALS  AND  THEIR  DISCOVERER. 

April  10,  1895. 

BY  MRS.  JULIA  WARD  HOWE. 

What  are  the  little  things  ?  we  ask, 

Bending  our  thought  to  the  Century’s  task  ; 

The  mustard  seed  of  a  perfect  faith, 

The  pulse  of  valor  defying  death, 

The  droplet  wasted  of  midnight  oil 
By  one  bestowing  his  time  in  toil, 

The  clue  of  Wisdom  in  Error’s  maze, 

The  ray  that  glances  on  unsunned  ways. 

O  !  noble  toiler,  ’twas  thy  meed 
Like  those  to  succor  life’s  direst  need. 

As  Alchemists  smelted  the  precious  ore 
To  swell  the  rich  man’s  golden  store, 

Thou  from  the  mystical  mine  of  health 
Did’st  wring  its  secrets,  the  poor  man’s  wealth. 

Thou  in  return  hadst  sorrow  and  scorn, 

And  many  an  evil  hour  outworn  ; 

Yet  did  life’s  sunset  bring  to  thee 
The  crimson  flush  of  victory. 

Before  the  blazon  of  thy  shield 
The  fiery  Fever-demoms  yield, 

Yea,  fell  Disease  his  doom  shall  meef, 

And  pile  his  trophies  at  thy  feet. 

Potent  as  are  the  spell  of  Ill, 

Thine  was  a  weapon  mightier  still 
To  us  bequeathed,  the  diamond  scale 
That  turns  the  weight  of  human  ail. 

So  here  thy  bloodless  flag  we  raise, 

And  with  the  silver  trump  of  praise 
Confirm  our  noble  heritage, 

And  to  all  men  proclaim  our  pledge. 

Mind  that  forstalls  the  distant  Day, 

O’er  countless  centuries  has  sway, 

And  Love  reserves  her  crowning  grace 
For  helpers  of  the  human  race. 


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EDITORIAL. 

The  New  England  Hahnemann  Association  and  the  Alumni 
and  Students  of  Boston  University  School  of  Medicine  greet 
most  cordially  the  friends  of  the  School  and  of  higher  medical 
education,  and  welcome  them  heartily  to  this  Centennial  Fes¬ 
tival. 

A  hundred  years  ago,  in  1796,  Christian  Friedrich  Samuel 
Hahnemann  enunciated  his  rule  or  law  of  similars — similia 
similibus  curentur — and  initiated  the  reform  which  modified 
medical  practice  essentially  and  led  the  way  to  exactness  in  ob¬ 
servation,  accuracy  in  diagnosis,  simplicity  and  humaneness  in 
treatment.  Hahnemann  made  it  possible  for  the  layman  to  be 
intelligently  informed  regarding  hygienic  laws  and  the  care  of 
the  body.  The  effort  now  being  undertaken  is  to  popularize  an 
enlightened  and  deep  interest  in  preventive  medicine  and  sani¬ 
tary  science,  and  thus  raise  the  standard  of  living  and  of  the 
public  health. 

THE  HAHNEMANN  CENTENNIAL  FESTIVAL. 

Six  weeks  ago  the  arrangements  for  a  suitable  celebration  of 
the  centennial  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  the  idea  embodied  in 
homoeopathic  practice,  were  entrusted  by  the  Executive  Com¬ 
mittee  of  the  N.  E.  Hahnemann  Association,  to  a  special  com¬ 
mittee  consisting  of  Dr.  John  H.  Payne,  George  B.  Rice,  Win- 
throp  T.  Talbot,  and  William  F.  Wesselhoeft.  It  was  at  once 
decided  that  festivities  merely  as  such  were  unsuited  to  the 
occasion  ;  that  some  lasting  impression  should  be  made  by  which 
science,  medical  education,  and  as  a  consequence,  the  public 
welfare,  should  be  the  gainers  in  an  enduring  form.  As  a  result, 
it  was  determined  to  carry  out  the  fundamental  purposes  of  the 
N.  E.  Hahnemann  Association  in  establishing  the  nucleus  for  a 
Permanent  Endowment  Fund  for  Boston  University  School  of 
Medicine,  and  the  preparations  for  a  Bazaar  and  Festival  were 
immediately  undertaken.  The  response  from  the  friends  of  the 
School  was  most  hearty  on  all  sides ;  so  much  so  that  the 
Bazaar  has  grown  far  beyond  the  original  modest  plans.  A 
Directory  to  the  Festival  is  herewith  appended. 

DIRECTORY  TO  THE  FESTIVAL. 

OLD  BUILDING. 

FIRST  FLOOR. 

Room  i. — Gentlemen’s  Coat  Room. 

Room  2. — School  Exhibit,  Dr.  Myron  W.  Smith ;  Micro¬ 
scopic  Display,  Physiological  and  Pathological  Apparatus, 
Mr.  W.  T.  Lee  ;  Materia  Medica  Cabinet,  Mr.  J.  A.  Smith  ; 


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Gymnasium  Appliances  ;  Narragansett  Machine  Co.  ;  World’s 
Fair  Exhibit. 

Rooms  3  and  4. — School  Exhibit  of  X-Ray  Apparatus,  T.  A. 
Griffith  ;  Projection  Apparatus,  F.  F.  Strong. 

Room  5. — Marshal’s  Office. 

Room  6. — Amphitheatre  [for  Entertainments]. 

SECOND  FLOOR. 

Room  7. — Ladies’  Dressing  Room. 

Room  8. — Chemical  Lecture  Room  [for  Entertainments] 
Room  9. — Treasurer’s  Office. 

ENTRANCE  TO  NEW  BUILDING. 

The  new  or  laboratory  building  is  devoted  more  particularly 
to  the  Bazaar,  Entrance  to  building  is  from  the  old  building, 
up  one  flight. 

NEW  BUILDING. 

THIRD  FLOOR. 

Room  A. — Sales  Tables. 

No.  1. — Westboro  Insane  Hospital. 

No.  2. — Nurses  of  the  Homoeopathic  Hospital  assisted  by  the 
Ladies’  Aid  Society. 

No.  3. — Madame  Wyrd. 

No.  4. — Dorchester  Table. 

No.  5. — Dorchester  Tea  Table. 

No.  6. — Book  Table,  Dr.  H.  F.  Mack,  East  Boston. 

Room  B. — The  Old  Oaken  Bucket,  Dr.  Helen  S.  Child  and 
Ladies  of  Jamaica  Plain. 

Room  C. — No.  7. — Table  Gregory  Society,  B.  U.  S.  M. 

No.  8. — Soda  Fountain. 

No.  9. — Grocery  Table,  Class  of  1898. 

Up  one  flight  will  be  found 

FOURTH  FLOOR. 

No.  10. — Toy  Table,  Mrs.  Spalding.  * 

No.  11. — Candy  Table. 

No.  12. — Pop  Corn  Booth. 

Rooms  E.,  F.  and  G. — The  Children’s  Paradise,  Dr.  F.  E. 
Allard. 

Descending  two  flights  is  the  main  sales  floor. 

Room  H. — Tables  13,  14  and  15. — Newton  Tables,  Mrs.  N. 
E.  Paine,  Chairman. 

Room  I. — Tables  16  and  17. — Brookline,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Clapp. 
Table  23. — Candy  Table,  Mrs.  H.  C.  Clapp. 

Room  J. — Table  24. — East  Boston,  Mrs.  F.  C.  Richardson. 
Table  25. —  Candy  Table,  Mrs,  H.  C.  Clapp. 

Table  26. — Children’s  Table. 

Table  27. — Natick,  Mrs.  Stone. 


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Table  28. — Providence  Table,  Miss  Alice  Chaffee. 
Table  29. — Jamaica  Plain,  Mrs.  Betton. 

Room  K. — Domestic  Science  Exhibit,  Miss  Daniell. 
Table  29. — Flower  Table,  Cambridge. 

Room  L. — Restaurant. 

Room  M. — Dining-Room  for  Workers  in  Festival  only. 


ENTERTAINMENTS ,  LECTURES  AND  EXHIBITIONS. 

Demonstration  Fectures  on  cookery  by  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Lincoln, 
author  of  the  Boston  Cook  Book  and  culinary  editor  of  the  Amer¬ 
ican  Kitchen  Magazine ,  daily  at  2.30  p.  m.,  continuing  until  4 
o’clock.  Tickets  for  the  course,  $1.00.  Single  tickets  50  cents. 

Talks  and  demonstrations  on  the  preparation  of  food  for  the 
sick,  and  the  diet  for  the  child  during  its  second,  third  and 
fourth  years,  Miss  Maria  Daniell  of  the  New  England  Kitchen. 
The  talks  will  begin  promptly  at  1 1  o’clock  each  morning,  last¬ 
ing  one  hour  with  practical  demonstration  of  the  articles  under 
discussion.  Season  tickets,  $1.00.  Single  tickets,  50  cents. 

Monday,  April  6,  8  p.  m.  —  Magic.  Mr.  E.  P.  James.  Tick¬ 
ets,  $1.00. 

Tuesday,  April  7,  8  p.  m.  —  Lecture  by  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Liver¬ 
more.  Subject,  “A  Plea  for  the  Unborn.”  Tickets,  $1.50. 

Wednesday,  April  8,  8  p.  m.  —  Stereopticon  lecture,  “The 
Other  Side  of  the  Hemisphere.”  George  H.  Worthly.  Tick¬ 
ets,  50  cents. 

Wednesday,  April  8,  8  p.  m.,  —  Gymnasium  lectures  and 
demonstration.  Dr.  Dudley  A.  Sargent,  Miss  Mary  E.  Allen 
and  Mr.  Robert  J.  Roberts.  Tickets,  50  cents. 

Thursday,  April  9,  8  p.  m.  —  Gymnasium  lectures  and  dem¬ 
onstrations  continued  by  Mrs.  Chas.  Wesley  Emerson  and  Mr. 
German  F.  Hoffman  ;  also,  a  demonstration  of  the  Swedish 
Method.  Tickets,  50  cents. 

Thursday,  April  9,  8  p.  m.  — Gibson  Tableaux  by  the  Brook¬ 
line  Charity  Club.  Tickets,  50  cents. 

BOSTON  UNITE  RSI  TV  SCHOOL  OF  MEDICINE. 

SCIENTIFIC  EXHIBIT. 

F.  R.  Griffith,  F.  F.  Strong,  J.  A.  Smith,  W.  T.  Lee,  Dr.  M. 
W.  Smith. 

This  exhibit  will  be  found  upon  the  first  floor,  immediately 
upon  entering  the  building.  To  the  left  is  a  lecture-room  de¬ 
voted  to  the  display  of  physiological  and  pathological  apparatus, 
microscopes  and  microscopical  preparations,  and  the  materia 
medica  cabinet.  In  this  room  space  has  been  allotted  to  the 
gymnasium  apparatus  shown  by  the  Narragansett  Machine 
Company. 


Boston  University  School  of  Medicine. 


Microscopical  Laboratory 


Physiological  Laboratory. — South. 


Physiological  Laboratory.  -  North 


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To  the  right  of  the  main  entrance,  the  inner  room  is  devoted 
to  demonstrations  of  the  Rontgen  “  X-Ray  ”  phenomena,  re¬ 
cent  discoveries  of  Tesla  and  other  electrical  experiments  as 
enumerated  below.  In  the  outer  room,  by  means  of  a  pecu¬ 
liarly  powerful  oxyhydrogen  light,  various  microscopic  objects 
are  projected  upon  a  ground  glass  screen  three  feet  in  diameter, 
the  magnification  being  about  15,000  diameters;  in  addition  to 
this,  other  optical  demonstrations  will  be  given  as  stated  in  the 
list  appended. 

Owing  to  the  nature  of  the  exhibit  and  the  limited  space  at 
its  disposal,  it  has  been  deemed  advisable  to  adopt  the  following 
system  to  control  the  number  of  visitors  in  the  rooms  at  a  given 
time.  No  charge  is  made  for  admission  to  the  exhibit,  but  those 
desiring  to  attend  should  procure  tickets  at  the  ticket  office. 
Thirty  tickets  will  be  issued  for  each  exhibition.  The  demon¬ 
strations  will  be  given  four  times  each  day  as  follows  :  1 1  a.  m., 
3.30  p.  m.,  7.30  p.  m.,  9  P.  M. 

The  programme  will  be  varied  from  day  to  day,  and  will  be 
posted  each  morning  upon  a  bulletin-board  outside  the  door  of 
the  room  in  which  the  exhibit  is  held.  Special  demonstrations 
of  the  method  employed  in  the  manufacture  of  Crookes’  tubes 
and  practical  demonstration  of  the  preparation  of  photo-micro¬ 
graphs,  will  be  given  during  the  week.  The  apparatus  em¬ 
ployed  has  been  constructed  by  students  of  the  school. 

A  few  of  the  features  to  be  given  during  the  week  will  be 
found  in  the  following  list : 

OPTICAL. 

Organisms  found  in  water,  microscopic  vegetation,  bacteria, 
infusoria  animalculae,  etc. 

Circulation  of  the  blood  in  the  web  of  the  frog’s  foot. 

Corpuscles  of  the  blood  in  man  and  animals.  Medico-legal 
tests  for  blood,  spectrum  of  the  blood  pigments,  microscopic 
formation  of  blood  crystals. 

Entomological  specimens.  Organs  and  appendages  of  insects 

Structure  of  vegetable  organisms.  Microscopic  botany. 

Micro-crystalography.  Projection  of  polariscopic  effects,  pro¬ 
jection  of  spectroscopic  effects. 

Microscopic  electrical  effects.  Autograph  of  the  electric 

sPark-  ELECTRICAL. 

Franklin’s  experiments,  experiments  with  Geissler  tubes,  ex¬ 
periments  with  Crookes’  tubes,  tubes  showing  phenomena  of 
cathode  and  X-rays. 

PHYSIOLOGICAL  AND  PATHOLOGICAL  APPARATUS. 

Sphygmograyh,  kymograph,  myograph,  spectroscope,  polari- 
scope,  Dubois-Raymond  inductorium,  manometer,  electrical 
centrifugal  machine. 


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MATERIA  MEDICA. 

Specimens  of  organic  and  inorganic  drugs  included  in  the 
materia  medica.  Plates  and  preparations. 

PHYSICAL  TRAINING . 

( A  unique  exhibtion  by  famous  instructors.) 

An  attractive  exhibition  of  scientific  and  artistic  gymnastics 
will  be  given  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday  evenings,  April  8 
and  9,  at  Boston  University  School  of  Medicine,  East  Concord 
Street,  Boston,  as  a  feature  of  the  Hahnemann  Centennial 
Festival  to  be  held  from  April  6  to  1 1  inclusive. 

The  exhibitions  will  consist  of  addresses,  of  class  drills  and 
squad  demonstrations  with  introductory  and  explanatory  re¬ 
marks,  of  individual  performances,  with  and  without  apparatus, 
and  similar  practical  illustrations  of  the  different  methods  of 
physical  training  advocated  by  enthusiastic,  experienced  and 
successful  exponents  of  physical  culture. 

At  the  present  time  no  branch  of  hygiene  is  as  popular  as 
gymnastics  which  tend  strongly  to  intelligent  cultivation  of 
alertness,  adroitness,  self-control,  symmetry  and  coordination, 
and  of  flexibility  and  grace  of  figure  combined  with  certainty  of 
action. 

It  is  being  widely  recognized  that  physical  training  under 
wise  supervision,  while  promoting  primarily  physical  welfare,  is 
not  without  a  positive  and  desirable  psychic  influence.  An  op¬ 
portunity,  such  as  is  hereby  announced,  to  judge  of  the  syste¬ 
matic,  scientific  and  recreative  character  and  value  of  the  vari¬ 
ous  methods  of  physical  training  for  which  Boston  is  noted 
should  be  embraced  by  members  of  the  medical  profession  es¬ 
pecially. 

The  programme  which  has  been  arranged  through  the  kind 
and  courteous  cooperation  of  leading  instructors  in  this  impor¬ 
tant  branch  of  education  is  as  follows  : 

WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  8TH,  8  O’CLOCK  P.  M. 

I.  Dudley  A.  Sargent,  M.D.,  Director  of  the  Hemenway 
Gymnasium,  Harvard  University.  Address  on  “Physical 
Training  for  the  Strong  and  the  Weak,”  with  practical  illus¬ 
trations. 

II.  Miss  Mary  E.  Allen.  Subject,  “  Gymnastic  Training  for 
Women  and  Children.  Departments  for  Health  in  the  Allen 
Gymnasium,  with  Methods  in  Use  in  the  Gymnasium  Proper.” 
Class  Illustrations  : 

(a)  Simple  Series  of  Free  Movements. 

(b)  Advanced  Dumb-bell  Drill. 

\c)  Hoop  Drill. 


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ILL  Mr.  Robert  J.  Roberts,  Director  of  the  B.Y.M.C.A.  Gym¬ 
nasium.  Demonstration  of  the  Roberts’  system  as  taught  in  the 
leading  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Gymnasiums  throughout  the  country. 

{a)  A  Roberts’  Dumb-bell  Drill  without  Dumb-bells. 

(b)  Medicine  Ball  Drill. 

(c)  Jumping  Exercises. 

THURSDAY,  APRIL  9TH,  8  O’CLOCK  P.  M. 

I.  Mrs.  Charles  Wesley  Emerson.  Class  demonstration  of 
the  method  of  physical  culture  taught  at  the  Emerson  College 
of  Oratory,  Boston. 

II.  Exposition  of  the  Swedish  Method  of  Physical  Training. 

III.  Mr.  German  F.  Hoffman,  Superintendent  of  the  B.  Y. 
M.  C.  U.  Gymnasium,  and  class. 

(a)  Double  Club  Juggling. 

(b)  Parallel  bar  exercises. 

(c)  Pyramids  and  Tumbling. 

The  Narragansett  Machine  Company,  of  Providence,  R.  I., 
will  have  a  special  exhibition  during  the  entire  week,  April  6  to 
ii,  of  the  most  approved  and  scientific  apparatus  now  in  use  in 
aid  of  physical  culture. 

The  Gymnastic  exhibitions  will  be  given  in  the  Amphitheatre 
of  B.  U.  S.  M. 

Tickets,  admitting  also  to  the  Bazaar,  50  cents. 


Land  for  a  Nurses  Home,  a  Gift  of  the  City.  The  gov¬ 
erning  bodies  of  the  City  of  Boston,  have  confirmed  the  gift  of 
a  piece  of  land  embracing  11,600  feet  on  Stoughton  Street,  in 
close  proximity  to  the  Massachusetts  Homoeopathic  Hospital 
as  the  site  of  a  suitable  building  for  a  Nurses’  Home.  At 
present  the  Hospital  pays  rent  for  two  private  houses  which 
are  ill  adapted  for  the  accomodation  of  a  large  number  of  nurses, 
three  or  four  occupying  a  single  room  and  sometimes  in  a  Box 
and  Cox  fashion.  The  proposed  building  will  afford  ample 
space  to  give  to  each  nurse  a  separate  and  pleasant  room  with 
library,  reception  room  and  all  other  essential  comforts  to  in¬ 
crease  the  effectiveness  of  the  arduous  labor.  The  building 
will  accommodate  sixty-five  nurses  and  will  cost  $75,000. 


Talks  and  Demonstrations  on  the  Preparation  of  Food 
for  the  Sick  and  the  Diet  of  the  Child  during  its  Second, 
Third  and  Fourth  Years,  by  Miss  Maria  Daniell,  of  the  “New 
England  Kitchen.” — I.  Tuesday,  April  7,  cooking  of  broths; 
II.  Wednesday,  April  8,  cooking  of  starch  :  gruels,  puddings, 
etc.;  III.  Thursday,  April  9,  preparation  of  nutritious  and  ap- 


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petizing  drinks;  IV.  Friday,  April  io,  preparation  of  nutritious 
jellies;  V.  Saturday,  April  11,  cooking  of  meats  and  solid  diet. 
The  talks  will  begin  promptly  at  1 1  o’clock  each  morning,  last¬ 
ing  one  hour,  with  practical  demonstrations  of  the  articles  under 
discussion.  The  first  four  talks  will  treat  of  the  diet  for  fever 
patients  especially  ;  the  fifth  of  that  suitable  for  convalescents 
and  young  children.  Season  tickets  $2.00;  single  tickets,  for 
one  lecture,  50  cents.  Seats  limited  in  number.  All  tickets 
admit  also  to  the  bazaar. 


Demonstration  Lectures  on  Cookery,  by  Mrs.  Mary  J. 
Lincoln,  author  of  “Boston  Cook  Book,”  and  culinary  editor  of 
the  “American  Kitchen  Magazine.” — Monday,  April  6,  consom¬ 
me  of  oysters,  broiled  shad,  carmel  salad,  rhubarb  sauce, 
creamed  eggs;  Tuesday,  April  7,  cream  of  onions,  halibut  a  la 
conant,  string  beans,  shad  roe  salad,  apples  a  la  coronado,  fon¬ 
due  ;  Wednesday,  April  8,  cream  of'  clams,  sweetbreads,  spring 
salad,  banana  a  la  citrona,  sardines  a  la  sterneau  ;  Thursday, 
April  9,  cream  of  rice,  lamb  chops  with  peas,  scallop  salad, 
strawberry  souffle,  creighton  oysters  ;  Friday,  April  10,  cream 
of  maize,  twin  soles,  oyster  salad,  lemon  meringue,  quick  pastry, 
lyonnaise  potatoes.  These  lectures  will  begin  promptly  at  2.30 
p.  m.,  and  continue  until  4  o’clock.  The  cooking  of  meat  or  fish, 
of  soups  and  fruit,  of  vegetables,  or  the  making  of  salads,  and 
cooking  on  the  chafing  dish,  will  be  illustrated  at  each  lecture. 
Tickets  for  the  course,  $2.00;  single  tickets,  for  one  lecture,  50 
cents.  It  is  suggested  that  notebook  and  pencil,  teaspoon  and 
napkin,  will  be  found  useful.  All  tickets  admit  also  to  the 
bazaar. 


Magic. — Monday,  April  6,  at  8  p.m. — Magic,  Mr.  E.  P.  James, 
assisted  by  Mr.  J.  S.  Wiley;  violinist,  Miss  Bessie  Collier;  so¬ 
loist,  Mr.  Clarence  Ashenden;  accompanist,  Mrs.  E.  James,  Jr.; 
quartette,  Mr.  James,  Mr.  Trainer,  Mr.  James,  Mr.  Ashenden. 

Quartette,  selected.  Magic — 1.  Bewitched  cards  and  spirit 
hand  ;  2.  Spiritualism  at  a  glance  ;  3.  The  mystic  Count.  Violin 
solo,  Miss  Collier.  Magic — 4.  Flying  glass  of  water;  5.  The 
mysterious  handkerchief ;  6.  Vanishing  cage  and  balls.  Song, 
Mr.  Ashenden.  Intermission. 

Quartette,  selected.  Magic — 1.  Coins  in  air  ;  2.  Second  sight  ; 
3.  Diminishing  cards.  Song,  Mr.  Ashenden.  Violin  solo,  Miss 
Collier.  Magic — 4.  The  enchanted  rings  ;  5.  Cone  of  flowers  ; 
6.  Mysterious  hat. 


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GIBSON  TABLEAUX,  from  drawings  by  Charles  Dana  Gibson, 
Thursday,  April  9,  by  the  Brookline  Charity  Club. 

1.  All’s  Well  that  Ends  Well. — (a)  It’s  a  love  song,  and  sung 
with  deep  feeling,  as  her  thoughts  are  with  Tom  in  a  far  away  land. 
( b )  Tom  ! 

2.  Social  Pastimes. 

3.  The  Trials  of  a  Bud. — Running  the  gauntlet  among  her  rivals. 

4  Why  Not  ? 

5.  Puzzle. — Find  the  wife  of  the  man  who  is  telling  the  story. 

6.  Anticipation. 

7.  A  Story  by  a  Sleeve. 

8.  Not  a  Ghost. — It  is  only  poor  Jim,  who  happened  to  marry  the 
wrong  girl ;  and  sometimes  when  she  is  particularly  unendurable,  he 
remembers  the  other  one. 

Intermission. 

Violin  Solo,  by  Miss  Wesselhoeft. 

9.  That  Delicious  Moment. — When  you  find  you  are  to  take  in 
to  dinner  the  girl  who  yesterday  refused  you. 

10.  Poor  Girl. — She  has  had  a  long  vacation,  and  is  more  ex¬ 
hausted  than  when  she  left  the  city.  Sometimes  there  is  hard  work 
in  these  summer  vacations,  don’t  you  know,  and  one  finds  too  late 
that  the  game  is  not  worth  the  candle. 

11.  The  Old  Tune. 

12.  Puzzle. — Find  the  girl  who  has  been  kissed  within  ten  minutes. 

13.  Puzzle — Find  the  Heiress. 

14.  Their  Presence  of  Mind. — They  had  been  in  their  room  but 
a  moment  when  they  were  startled  by  a  knock. 

15.  Men  Must  Work. — Perhaps,  after  all,  these  places  distant 
from  the  cities,  are  the  safest  for  girls  who  have  a  tendency  to  flirt. 


“  ON  THE  TRAIL." 

THURSDAY,  APRIL  9,  4.3O  P.  M.  TICKETS,  FIFTY  CENTS. 

Capt.  S.  E.  Howard,  of  West  Newton,  will  give  a  lecture  on 
Thursday,  April  9,  at  4.30  p.  m.,  at  the  Hahnemann  Festival, 
entitled  “  On  the  Trail,”  being  personal  experiences  of  many 
years  in  driving  large  herds  of  cattle  from  Texas  to  Montana. 

He  will  describe  the  method  of  handling  great  herds  on  the 
trail,  the  crossing  of  swollen  rivers  by  the  wagons  and  by  the 
cattle,  putting  the  cattle  to  bed  at  night,  the  fidelity  and  daring 
of  the  cow-boys,  terrific  storms  and  stampedes,  etc.  The  lec¬ 
ture  abounds  in  interesting  and  startling  situations  and  is  given 
by  one  entirely  familiar  with  his  subject. 

Mrs.  H.  P.  Perkins,  Jr.,  of  West  Newton,  has  kindly  offered 
to  contribute  a  number  of  vocal  selections  to  the  afternoon’s  en¬ 
tertainment. 


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Gregory  Table. — The  Gregory  Society  composed  of  the 
Women  of  the  Boston  University  School  of  Medicine,  met  to 
see  what  they  could  do  toward  assisting  at  the  Bazaar.  They 
determined,  after  due  consideration,  to  have  a  table  and  a  soda 
fountain  in  the  college  room,  which  was  at  their  disposal.  A 
general  committee  composed  of  one  woman  from  each  class, 
Miss  M.  R.  Mulliner,  ’96,  Miss  Effie  Perkins,  ’9 7,  Miss  Esther 
Barnard,  ’99,  and  Miss  L.  H.  Diemar,  ’98,  Chairman.  The 
Committee  on  Soda  Fountain  was  Miss  A.  Z.  Patterson,  ’96, 
and  Miss  S.  L.  Slagle,  ’98.  The  women  of  the  college  solicited 
their  friends  for  contributions  to  the  table  which  met  with  most 
generous  response.  Some  contributed  articles  personally,  and 
a  meeting  was  held,  one  evening,  when  each  woman  present 
made  one  article  for  the  table.  The  result  is  apparent  in  the 
generous  and  beautiful  display.  The  soda  committee  solicited 
syrups  and  various  supplies  and  many  thanks  are  due  to  J.  W. 
Tufts,  who  furnished  the  fountain,  B.  Beach  &  Claridge  and 
J.  L.  Bowker  for  syrup,  C.  S.  Gove  &  Co.  and  Parker  &  Co.  for 
soda  water,  and  various  others  for  ice  cream,  cream,  etc. 

Nurses’  Table.  —  Mrs.  T.  M  Strong,  in  charge.  The  table 
will  be  under  the  supervision  of  the  following  Head  Nurses, 
Miss  Marston,  Mrs.  Wragg  and  the  Misses  Edgerton,  Tisdale, 
Stamers  and  Theobald,  assisted  by  the  graduates  and  the  pupil 
nurses  of  the  Training-School  for  Nurses  of  the  Massachusetts 
Homoeopathic  Hospital.  Miss  Griswold,  Superintendent  of 
Nurses,  has  had  charge  of  the  selling  of  tickets  and  reports  a 
sale  of  over  $75.  The  total  cash  donations  towards  the  table 
amount  to  $80,  and  range  from  gifts  of  $1.00  to  $25.  Fancy 
and  useful  articles  for  the  invalid  have  been  received  from  the 
Ladies’  Aid  Association  of  the  Hospital,  merchant  friends, 
members  of  the  medical  board  and  their  families,  internes  of 
the  hospital,  nurses  and  their  friends,  together  with  patients 
who  have  been,  or  are  now,  in  the  hospital.  Among  the  arti¬ 
cles  for  sale  are  pictures  by  well  known  artists,  hand-painted 
china,  needlework,  dolls  dressed  in  the  nurses’  costume,  toilet 
articles,  a  large  assortment  of  fancy  articles,  together  with  inva¬ 
lid  trays,  nightingales,  knitted  slippers,  etc. 

Newton. — The  friends  of  the  School  in  Newton  have  done 
much  to  add  to  the  success  of  the  Festival.  The  Newton 
Room  is  under  the  direction  of  a  large  general  committee,  Mrs. 
N.  Emmons  Paine,  Chairman.  Each  division  of  Newton  is 
represented  by  a  sub-committee,  of  whom  the  following  ladies 
are  Chairmen  :  Newton,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Springer  ;  Newtonville, 
Mrs.  E.  P.  Hatch  ;  Auburndale  and  Wellesley  Hills,  Mrs.  M. 
L.  Clarke  ;  Newton  Highlands,  Upper  Falls  and  Waban,  Mrs. 


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J  F.  Heckman;  Newton  Centre,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Sylvester;  West 
Newton,  Mrs.  C.  R.  English.  Entertainments  have  been  held 
as  follows:  Newton,  March  12  and  26,  Drive  Whist  and  Card 
Parties;  West  Newton,  a  Progressive  Card  Party  netted  $50; 
West  Newton,  a  Musicale,  $30;  Newtonville,  Drive  Whist, 
$42.  In  addition  to  the  sales  tables,  tea,  lemonade  and  Welsh 
rarebits  were  daintily  served  to  the  guests  of  the  Festival. 

The  Children’s  Table  is  under  the  charge  of  the  following 
ladies  :  Monday,  Mrs.  Geo.  R.  Southwick  and  Mrs.  Geo.  B. 
Rice;  Tuesday,  Mrs.  O.  B.  Sanders,  Mrs.  Toby  and  Mrs.  Hal¬ 
sey;  Wednesday,  Mrs.  C.  Wesselhoeft,  Mrs.  J.  Heber  Smith, 
Mrs.  J.  Emmons  Briggs  ;  Thursday,  Mrs.  H.  E.  Spalding,  Mrs. 
H.  A.  Houghton  ;  Friday,  Mrs.  W.  F.  Wesselhoeft  ;  Saturday, 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Payne.  The  attractive  Pop-Corn  Booth  in  connec¬ 
tion  with  the  Children’s  Table  is  under  the  charge  of  Mrs.  A. 
H.  Powers.  The  work  devoted  by  the  ladies  in  charge  of  this 
table  to  the  success  of  the  Festival  and  the  generous  contribu¬ 
tions  of  their  many  friends  are  apparent  in  the  beautiful  and 
articles  offered  to  patrons  of  the  Bazaar. 

The  Dorchester  Table  includes  1,  Housekeeper  Table; 
2,  Tea  Table;  3,  Booth  for  Palmistry.  The  table  has  received 
through  a  tea  and  two  whist  parties  and  contributions,  $135. 
The  committee  in  charge  of  the  whole  comprise  Mrs.  N.  L. 
Damon,  of  Dorchester,  as  chairman,  with  the  following  com¬ 
mittee  :  Mrs.  J.  T.  Sherman,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Lee,  Dr.  M.  S.  Hornby, 
Miss  Minna  Wesselhoeft,  Miss  Katharine  Sewall,  assisted  by 
the  following  ladies  :  Tea  Table  in  charge  of  Miss  Minna  Wes¬ 
selhoeft,  Chairman,  Miss  Martha  Barry,  Miss  Katharine  Sewall, 
Miss  Florence  Bean,  Miss  Edith  Glidden  ;  adjunct  to  table, 
Mrs.  E..S  Batchelder. 

East  Boston: — The  ladies  of  East  Boston  have  in  charge 
a  Linen  Table,  which  they  have  furnished  with  all  kinds  of 
household  linen,  embroideries,  fancy  articles  and  travelling  cases. 

The  officers  of  this  table  are :  President,  Mrs.  Frank  C. 
Richardson ;  Vice  President,  Mrs.  F.  W,  Coy,  Mrs.  Brown, 
Mrs.  Dr.  Dunn  Carey  and  Mrs.  W.  S.  Pratt;  Secretary,  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Robinson;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  P.  Robinson. 

Monday  the  table  will  be  in  charge  of  Mrs.  J.  F.  I7ay,  Chairman. 
Tuesday,  Mrs.  Wm.  G.  Smith,  Chairman  ;  Wednesday,  Mrs.  F. 
P.  Anthony,  Chairman  ;  Thursday,  Mrs.  C.  K.  Jewett,  Chairman. 
Friday,  Mrs.  F.  {.Dicker,  Chairman;  Saturday,  Mrs.  FI.  J.  Cook, 
Chairman. 

Melrose. — Through  the  efforts  of  Dr.  Annie  M.  Selee  and 
others,  a  large  number  of  tickets  of  admission  were  sold  and 
new  members  were  added  to  the  Association.  A  donation  of 
fancy  articles  were  also  made  to  the  tables. 


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Dr.  Bruce’s  Table. — Visitors  from  Roxbury  will  be  partic¬ 
ularly  interested  in  this  table  which  is  under  the  charge  of  Dr. 
Emily  A.  Bruce,  and  a  number  of  Roxbury  ladies. 

Grocery  Department. — Class  of  ’98. — Committee  as  fol¬ 
lows  :  Mr.  Lee  as  Chairman ;  Mr.  Steele,  Mr.  Streeter,  Mr. 
Coring,  Mr.  Marden,  Mr.  McNeil,  Mr.  Plummer,  Mr.  Schub- 
mehl. 

This  department  was  one  of  the  last  to  come  in  the  field,  but 
the  efforts  of  the  men  of  the  class  will  undoubtedly  make  it  one 
of  the  attractions.  The  scales  in  the  department  were  kindly 
loaned  by  the  Fairbanks  Scale  Co.  The  Cash  Register,  which 
adds  greatly  to  the  business  appearance  of  the  department, 
was  kindly  loaned  by  the  National  Cash  Register  Co. 

Westboro  Insane  Hospital  Table. — The  patients  have 
been  much  interested  in  the  success  of  the  Festival  for  some 
weeks  and  with  the  co-operation  of  the  resident  physicians  and 
nurses  have  contributed  the  articles  on  this  table.  It  has  been 
found  that  in  certain  cases  the  interest  excited  seems  to  be 
contributing  markedly  toward  eventual  recovery. 

Flower  Table. — The  table  is  representative  of  Cambridge 
and  is  under  the  direction  of  a  committee  of  ladies,  among 
whom  are  Mrs.  W.  J.  Winn,  Chairman,  Mrs.  Walter  Wessel- 
hoeft,  Mrs.  S.  H.  Blodgett  and  Mrs.  C.  H.  Thomas.  Cut 
flowers,  plants  and  seeds  are  contributed  from  many  sources. 

The  Brookline  Table  is  under  the  chairmanship  of  Mrs.  J. 
W.  Clapp,  and  the  East  Indian  corner  will  refresh  and  interest 
many  friends.  Two  very  successful  whist  parties  have  been 
held  in  aid  of  the  table,  adding  more  than  a  hundred  dollars  to 
the  sum  which  will  be  donated  from  Brookline. 

Madam  Wyrd,  a  pupil  of  the  celebrated  Cheiro,  “Your  fate 
is  in  your  hands.”  Be  sure  to  submit  your  hands  to  her  inspec¬ 
tion  and  thereby  learn  to  know  thyself.  Hours  3-6  p.  M. 
Terms,  50  cents.  Photo-impressions  of  the  hands,  50  cents. 

Book  Table. — Under  the  leadership  of  Dr.  Helen  G.  F. 
Mack,  this  attractive  and  novel  table  will  arouse  much  interest. 
A  chance  is  here  afforded  for  Yankee  ability  in  guessing. 

An  attractive  booth  has  been  contributed  by  the  firm  of 
Waiter  Baker  &  Co.,  where  chocolate  will  be  dispensed  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Fund. 

The  spring  water  used  in  the  restaurant  is  kindly  contributed 
by  the  Nobscot  Spring  Co. 


BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


v. 


How 
shall  I 
feed  my 
baby? 


Cow’s  Milk 
Does  Not 
Agree. 

unhappy,  and 


Cow’s  milk  does  not  agree  with  your  baby;  would  you  like  to  know  why  it 
does  not?  Of  course  you  would,  because  you  yourself  are  experiencing 
this  difficulty  to-day  in  your  own  household.  The  milk  looks  and  tastes 
nearly  the  same  as  mother’s  milk  but  why  is  it  that  the  baby  is  worried  and 
has  the  colic  when  he  takes  the  cow’s  milk  ? 


There  are  three  reasons  why  cow’s  milk  does  not  agree,  and  we  can 
^  ®asons  make  them  perfectly  plain  to  you.  When  we  speak  of  the  composition 
of  milk,  we  must  use  figures,  but  we  will  do  so  as  simply  as  possible. 
Suppose  you  have  ioo  lbs.  of  cow’s  milk:  what  does  it  contain?  It  contains  86  lbs.  of 
water,  5  lbs.  of  sugar,  4  lbs.  of  cheese,  4  lbs.  of  butter,  and  1  lb.  of  salts.  These  quantities 
are  in  round  numbers,  and  will  answer  for  the  present  explanation.  This  is  the  com¬ 


position  of  100  lbs.  of  cow’s  milk.  In  order  that  you  may  intelligently  compare  the  com¬ 
position  of  these  two  substances  (mother’s  milk  and  cow’s  milk)  we  will  arrange  them  in 


tabular  form,  thus  : 

Water. 
Sugar  . 
Cheese 
Butter. 
Salts  . 


100  lbs.  Cow’s  Milk. 
...  86  lbs. 

-  5  lbs. 

.  4  lbs. 

.  4  lbs. 

-  1  lb. 


100  lbs.  Mother’s  Milk. 
87  lbs. 

6  lbs. 

2  lbs. 

4  lbs. 

1  lb. 


100  lbs.  100  lbs. 

You  observe  that  the  cow’s  milk  contains  less  sugar  than  the  mother’s  milk. 
Reason  ^  ou  °^serve»  also»  that  the  cow’s  milk  contains  double  the  quantity  of  cheese 
that  mother’s  milk  contains.  This  is  the  first  reason. 

Now,  cheese  is  a  substance  that  is  excellent  for  calves,  and  babies  too ;  it  exists  in  large 
quantities  in  cow’s  milk,  which  is  the  calf’s  natural  food,  and  the  proportion  of  cheese,  in 
cow’s  milk  is  correctly  adapted  to  the  requirement’s  of  the  calf’s  stomach;  but  the  baby 
cannot  take  so  large  a  quantity  of  cheese,  and  that  is  what  disturbs  him. 


PLEASE  MENTION  THE  BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


VI. 


BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


Second  seconc^  reason  is  that  the  cheese  in  cow’s  milk  is  of  a  different  quality 

Reason  from  the  clieese  in  mother’s  milk,  and  it  forms  a  different  substance  in  the 
baby’s  stomach.  In  the  stomach  the  cheesy  portion  becomes  coagulated  and 
forms  a  clot ;  the  clots  of  cheese  from  mother’s  milk  are  soft  and  flocculent,  and  make  no 
disturbance  in  the  baby’s  stomach.  The  coagulated  clot  from  the  cow’s  milk  is  hard  and 
tough,  and  the  baby  cannot  digest  it. 


The  third  reason  is  that  cow’s  milk  is  acid  and  mother’s  milk  alkaline.  If  you 
Reason  obtain  a  piece  of  litmus  paper,  you  can  readily  try  this  for  yourself.  If 

you  dip  blue  litmus  paper  into  cow’s  milk,  the  litmus  paper  will  become  red; 
this  shows  that  cow’s  milk  is  acid.  If  you  dip  red  litmus  paper  into  mother’s  milk,  the 
paper  will  turn  blue  ;  this  shows  that  mother’s  milk  is  alkaline.  These  are  the  three  rea¬ 
sons  why  cow’s  milk  differs  from  mother’s  milk,  and  therefore  disagrees  with  the  baby. 

Now,  in  order  to  reduce  the  proportion  of  cheese,  suppose  you  dilute  ioo  lbs.  of  cow’s 
milk  with  ioo  lbs.  of  water  ;  you  will  have  then,  in  the  200  lbs.,  186  lbs.  of  water,  5  lbs.  of 
sugar,  4  lbs.  cheese,  4  lbs.  of  butter  and  1  lb.  of  salts.  Let  us  now  compare  this  diluted 
cow’s  milk  with  the  mother’s  milk,  and  see  what  the  difference  is,  taking  one-half  of  the 
200  lbs.  of  diluted  cow’s  milk,  in  order  to  compare  equal  quantities ;  we  shall  then  have  : 


100  lbs.  Cow’s 

Milk,  Diluted. 

100  lbs.  Mother’s  Milk. 

Water . 

.  93 

lbs. 

87  lbs. 

Sugar  . 

2  lbs. 

6  lbs. 

Cheese . 

lbs. 

2  lbs. 

Butter . 

lbs. 

4  lbs. 

Salts . 

.  V. 

\  lb. 

1  lb. 

100  lbs. 

100  lbs. 

Now  you  will  observe  that  in  the  diluted  cow’s  milk  the  cheese  is  in  about  the 
same  proportion  that  it  is  in  the  mother’s  milk,  but  you  have  reduced  also 
the  most  important  element  in  it,  namely,  the  sugar;  having  less  sugar  to 
start  with  than  the  mother’s  milk,  the  cow’s  milk  diluted  contains  only 
2)^  lbs.  of  sugar  in  100  lbs.,  while  the  mother’s  milk  contains  6  lbs.  of  sugar  in  100  lbs. 


Simple 

Dilution. 

Useless. 


The  Real 
Remedy. 


Now  for  a  Remedy  for  these  three  objections  to  cow’s  milk  for  the  baby.  It 
is  found  by  adding  Mellin’s  Food  to  the  diluted  cow’s  milk.  The  Mellin’s 
Food  contains  the  sugar  and  salts  necessary  to  bring  up  the  proportions  in 
the  diluted  cow’s  milk  nearly  as  they  are  in  the  mother’s  milk.  Mellin’s  Food  is  alkaline, 
and  it  is  sufficiently  so  to  neutralize  the  acidity  of  the  cow’s  milk.  Another  important 
thing  that  Mellin’s  Food  does  is  to  act  upon  the  cheese  of  the  cow’s  milk  so  that  when 
the  baby  is  fed  with  it  the  cheese  no  longer  forms  in  a  large,  solid  clot,  but  forms  in 
soft  flocculent  masses,  which  are  readily  absorbed  by  the  stomach. 


Would  you  like 
to  know. 


The  above  explanation  will  sufficiently  show  how  Mellin’s  Food  renders 

rpi  p  *  L  1  J 

cow's  milk  digestible  for  the  baby  and  makes  it  so  closely  resemble  mother’s 
milk.  Now  we  have  told  you  the  secret 
of  successful  hand-feeding  for  your  baby. 

the  particular  use  of  the  sugar,  the 
butter,  the  cheese,  and  the  salts, 
and  just  what  part  they  play  in 
building  up  the  child’s  body?  You  will  find  it  in  a 
little  book  called  “  The  Care  and  Feeding  of  Infants,” 
which  contains  much  of  interest  to  mothers  in  regard 
to  the  feeding  of  their  children.  It  is  published  by  the 
Doliber-Goodale  Co.,  of  Boston,  who  will  send  you  a 
copy,  free,  by  mail,  if  you  write  for  it.  To  those  who 
have  not  tried  Mellin’s  Food  they  will  send,  free,  by 
mail,  a  sample  bottle  sufficient  for  trial. 


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BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INS1  RUCTION. 


vii. 


The  New  England  Hahnemann  Association 

Is  organized  for  the  purpose  of  assisting  in  the  improvement  of  med¬ 
ical  instruction,  and  of  aiding  Boston  University  School  of  Medi¬ 
cine  in  this  work.  It  holds  an  annual  meeting  on  the  second  Monday 
of  January,  and  a  social  meeting  on  Hahnemann’s  birthday. 

Annual  membership,  $2.00;  Life  membership,  $25.00. 

R.  H.  STEARNS,  Treasurer, 

140  Tremont  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

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Subscription  Price.  One  copy  per  year,  50  cents;  three  copies  per 
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J.  EMMONS  BRIGGS,  M.  D.,  Subscription  Agent, 

240  Massachusetts  Ave.,  Boston,  Mass. 


To  R.  H.  STEARNS, 

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140  Tremont  St.,  Boston. 

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IX. 


Massachusetts  Homeopathic  Hospital. 

EAST  CONCORD,  CftR.  ALBANY  ST.,  BOSTON. 

The  Hospital  treats  all  forms  of  medical  and  surgical  dis¬ 
eases,  except  infectious,  incurable  and  maternity  cases.  Pa¬ 
tients  of  either  sex,  whether  children  or  adults,  are  received 
at  any  time  when  necessary,  but  if  possible,  a  card  of  admis¬ 
sion  should  be  obtained  in  advance. 

A  limited  number  of  free  beds  are  under  the  control  of 
the  Hospital,  there  are  others  belonging  to  private  individ¬ 
uals.  Beds  and  rooms  for  paying  patients  vary  in  price  from 
$7.00  to  $50.00  per  week. 

A  directory  for  Nurses  is  connected  with  the  Hospital. 

This  institution,  which  is  doing  a  large  amount  of  work,  is 
in  need  of  pecuniary  assistance  which  may  be  sent  to  the 
Treasurer,  S.  W.  Richardson,  Esq.,  40  Water  St.,  Boston. 

All  information,  especially  in  relation  to  the  admission  of 
patients,  may  be  obtained  at  the  Hospital  of 

THOMAS  M.  STRONG,  M.  D., 

RESIDENT  PHYSICIAN. 


HOMEOPATHIC  MEDICAL  DISPENSARY. 

750  HARRISON  AVENUE,  E0ST0N. 


The  Dispensary  has  been  established  thirty-eight  years,  and  in  that  time  it  ha® 
steadily  increased  its  work.  Up  to  January,  1895,  it  Lad  treated  375,302  patients  and  ad¬ 
ministered  750,979  prescriptions.  During  the  last  year  it  has  treated  18,183  patients  who 
received  53,506  prescriptions. 

It  has  two  branches,  one  at  14  Burroughs  Place,  and  one  in  Charity 
Building,  Cliardon  Street,  but  the  greater  amount  of  its  work  is  done  in  its 
large  and  commodious  building  on  Harrison  Avenue,  between  Stoughton  and  East 
Newton  Streets,  where  every  day,  Sunday  excepted,  the  Dispensary  is  open  from  10  to  12 

Its  service  is  divided  into  thirteen  departments,  namely,  Medical,  Surgical,  Women’s 
Children’s,  Eye  and  Ear,  Skin,  Throat,  Chest,  Nervous,  Rectal,  Genito-Urinary,  Ortho¬ 
pedic,  and  Dental. 

PATIENTS  ARE  TREATED  FREE,  and  a  trifling  sum  only  is  charged  to  cover  the 
expense  of  medicine  when  furnished. 

The  large  building  erected  four  years  ago,  but  not  fully  completed,  is  already  over¬ 
crowded,  and  the  usefulness  of  the  institution  could  be  greatly  increased  and  a  MA¬ 
TERNITY  added  to  it,  if  it  had  the  funds  to  finish  it.  Contributions  for  this  purpose 
or  for  the  support  of  the  Dispensary,  may  be  sent  to  the  treasurer, 

♦T.  WILKINSON  CLAPP,  M.  I>., 

IO  Park  Square,  Boston. 


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X. 


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XI. 


R.  C.  Stearns  &  Co. 


“BEDROOM  BELONGINGS; 

We  mean  that  our  store  shall  be  the  best  place  in  New 
England  to  buy  all  such  “  Bedroom  Belongings  ”  as 

Blankets,  Counterpanes.  Down  Puffs, 
Mattresses,  Feather  Pillows,  Cotton 
Sheets,  Linen  Sheets,  Pillow  Cases, 
Towels,  Brass  Bedsteads,  Iron  Bed¬ 
steads,  etc . 


SPECIAL  TERMS  TO  HOSPITALS. _ . 

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED. 


Send  2  cent  stamp  for  Catalogue  of 

“BEDROOM  BELONGINGS" 

Special  Cover  by  “Prang.” 


R.  H.  STEARNS  &  CO. 

Cor.  Tremont  Street  and  Temple  Place,  Boston. 


21  RUE  MARTEL,  PARIS. 


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Xll. 


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THEODORE  METCALF  CO. 


39  Tremont  Street, 
and  Copley  Square,  <££3*  s«. 


BOSTON. 


Syrup  Raspberry. 

For  the  preparation  of  Cooling:  Drinks.  To  be  mixed  with  ICE  WATER,  SODA 
WATER,  or  any  AERATED  or  SPRING  WATER.  One  tablespoonful 

to  each  gflass  of  water. 


Fruit  Syrups. 


Coffee,  extra  size, 

Per  doz. 
$6.00 

Per  doz. 

Raspberry  Shrub,  ex.size,  6.00 

Ginger  Ale, 

6.00 

Raspberry  Vinegar,  “ 

6.00 

Ginger, 

6.00 

Red  Orange,  “ 

6.00 

Lemon, 

6.00 

Sarsaparilla,  “ 

6.00 

Orgeat, 

6.00 

Strawberry,  “ 

6.00 

Pineapple, 

6.00 

Vanilla,  “ 

6.00 

Raspberry, 

6.00 

Concentrated  Extracts 

FOR  THE  HANDKERCHIEF. 


White  Rose. 
Tea  Rose. 
Musk. 
Heliotrope. 
Ess.  Bouquet. 
Jasmine. 
Tuberose. 
Frangipanni. 


Violette.  Ylang  Ylang. 

Patchouly.  Stephanotis. 

Orange  Blossom.  Lily  of  the  Valley. 
Jockey  Club.  Cherry  Blossom. 

Breoni.  Marie  Stuart. 

Rose  Geranium.  Bon  Silene  Rose. 
Wood  Violet.  Brisa  de  las  Pampas. 


One-ounce  Bottles,  per  dozen, . $4.00 

Four-ounce  glass  stop  Bottles,  per  dozen, .  12.00 

Pint  glass  stop  Bottles, .  3.50 


PLEASE  MENTION  THE  BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


XIII. 


/ 


C.  F.  HOVEY  &  CO. 

Importers,  Retailers  and  Jobbers  of 

DRY  GOODS, 

SUMMER,  AVON  and 

CHAUNCY  STS., 

BOSTON. 


PLEASE  MENTION  THE  BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


Xiv. 


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In 

CAKES 
FOR  GENERAL 
BLACKING  APPLIED  AND 
POLISHED  WITH  A  BRUSH 


SUN  PASTE- 

FOR  A  QUICK  AFTER-DINNER  SHINE 
APPLIED  AND  POLISHED  WITH  A  CLOTH’' 

Morse  Bros.  Props..Canton,Mass.,U.S.A. 


J.  FRANK  GEAR, 

Dealer  in 

SURGICAL,  ELECTRICAL,  VETERINARY 

INSTRUMENTS. 

All  the  latest  and  improved  patterns  of  Surgical  Instruments  constantly  kept  in  stock.  Med¬ 
ical  Batteries  and  Electrical  Appliances  of  every  description. 

Trusses,  Shoulder  Braces,  Suspensory  Bandages,  Elastic  Stockings,  Abdominal  Supporters 
Etc.  Articles  for  Invalids’  use,  such  as  Bed  Pans,  Urinals,  and  Crutches. 

No.  41  TREMONT  STREET.  BOSTON. 


W.  A.  TWOMBLY, 


FIaOKIST 


161  Tremont  Street, 

TELEPHONE  SIB. 


Boston. 


PLEASE  MENTION  THE  BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION, 


BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


XV- 


THE  FRENCH  CARRIAGE  COMPANY. 


FERDINAND  F.  FRENCH,  Manager. 


The  Latest  in  Pleasure  Carriages 
The  Most  Correct  in  Sporting  Traps. 
The  Most  Approved  Designs. 

The  Most  Careful  Construction, 


83  and  85  SUMMER  STREET, 


Cor.  of  Kingston  Street,  Only. 


It  is  our  intention  always  to  have  the  NEWEST  SUGGES¬ 
TIONS  from  the  most  RELIABLE  and  INTEL¬ 
LIGENT  experiences. 


KINDLY  NOTE  LOCATION. 


NOBSCOT - 

MOUNTAIN 

SPRING 

- WATER. 

ANALYZED  AND  ENDORSED  BY 


MASS.  STATE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 


Office,  62  CONGRESS  STREET. 

Telephone,  Boston,  3596. 


PLEASE  MENTION  THE  BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


XVI. 


BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


THE  FINEST  LIGHT  BUGGY 
EVER  MADE  BY  ANYBODY 
ANYWHERE 
AT  ANY  PRICE. 


Made  in  two  sizes,  on  end-springs  or  side-bar,  with  panel  or  stick-seat,  with 

or  without  stop. 

Send  for  Steel  Engravings. 

S.  R.  BAILEY  &  CO. 

AMESBURY,  MASS. 

TOP  SLEIGHS  FOR  DOCTORS. 


PLEASE  MENTION  THF.  BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


XVU. 


DERBY  DESKS. 


Medical  men  as  well  as  Business 
men  realize  the  value  of  good 

t 

appliances. 

THE  DERBY 

IS  THE 

Recognized  Standard 

Business  Desk. 

The  DERBY  DESK  is 
ELEGANT  in  FINISH,  RELIABLE  and 


CHAIRS,  TABLES,  Etc.  DURABLE. 

Special  Furniture  built  to  Order. 

Just  the  thing  for  a  Physician’s  office,  an  aid  to  business,  a  time  saver,  a  first-class  appli¬ 
ance,  a  source  of  constant  satisfaction,  ft^^Send  for  cuts  and  prices,  and 

if  possible  visit  our  warerooms. 


DERBY,  KILMER  &  POND  DESK  CO. 

93  CAUSEWAY  ST.,  19  BEEKMAN  ST., 

BOSTON.  NEW  YORK. 


Established  32  years  under  one  continuous  Management. 

THE 

HENRY  F.  MILLER 


GRAND  k  UPRIGHT  PIANO  FORTES. 

Special  Features  are: 


th.  TONE 


Which  is  MUSICAL  as  well  as  POWERFUL,  also  having  that  Sweet 
Singing  Quality  so  desirable  for  instrumental  work  in  accompanying 
the  Voice. 


rh.  ACTION 


Perfected  in  all  points,  which  enables  the  PIANIST  to  produce 
extremes  of  Musical  Sentiment  and  Orchestral  Effects. 


The 


Cl  C  IQ  various  woods,  from  new  and  original  designs,  correct  in  style 
VClav49  and  fine  examples  of  Artistic  thought. 


th.  DURABILITY 


and  lasting  qualities  obtained  through  a  most  careful 
selection  of  materials  and  the  best  of  workmanship. 
Through  our  method  of  stringing,  the  MILLER  pianos 
are  noted  for  keeping  in  tune. 

For  more  than  24  years  the  CITY  OF  BOSTON  has  purchased  HENRY  F.  MILLER  pianos  for 
its  public  schools,  and  their  use  in  the  State  Normal  Schools,  the  leading  Conservatories  of 
Music  and  Public  Institutions  throughout  the  country,  prove  their  durability. 

Write  us  for  special  catalogue  and  prices.  We  lease  a  piano  with  privilege  of  purchase  and 
take  an  old  instrument  in  part  payment. 

HENRY  F.  MILLER  &  SONS  PIANO  CO. 


88  Boylston  St.,  Boston. 

Near  Tremont  St. 


1428  Chestnut  St.,  Phil. 


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XV111. 


BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


S.  S.  PIERCE  CO. 

Sole  Agents  for 

Veuve  Chaffard  Pure  Olive  Oil.  'b& 


Bottle. 

Doz. 

Case. 

Full  Quart  Bottles, 

$1.25 

$13.00 

$13.00 

Full  Pint  Bottles, 

.70 

7.00 

7.00 

Full  Half-Pint  Bottles, 

.40 

4.25 

4.25 

(!) 

(I) 

PIERCE 

CO. 

Importers  and  Grocers. 

SCOLLAY  SQUARE.  ) 

COPLEY  SQUARE,  BOSTON.  COOLIDGE’S  CORNER, 

CENTRAL  WHARF,  )  BROOKLINE. 


THE  BOSTON  MAILING  COMPANY, 

(INCORPORATED.)  ' 

93  FEDERAL  STREET. 

R.  W.  WATERS,  Pres.  J.  H.  GERRISH,  Treas. 

ADDRESSING  of  Envelopes,  Society  and  Club  notices,  Professional 
and  Business  Cards.  ..... 

BINDING  Of  CATALOGUES,  PAMPHLETS,  MAGAZINES,  etc.,  MAILING  of  CARDS, 
CIRCULARS,  CATALOGUES,  NEWSPAPERS,  MAGAZINES,  and  all  mail- 
able  matter.  Lists  of  Trades,  Professions,  etc.,  on  hand  to 
address  from.  The  largest  Establishment  of  its 
kind  in  New  England.  Send  for  Estimates. 


ESTABLISHED  1869. 


JAMES  FORCIE  &  SON, 

Manufacturers  of 


- Dealers  in - 

Horse  Furnisbiugs  and  Track  Specialties. 

Importers  of 


London  Saddlery. 

8  &  10  MERCHANTS  ROW,  Rear  Entrance- w  siate  st-  BOSTON,  MASS. 


PLEASE  MENTION  THE  BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


XIX. 


ADAMS  &  GILBERT, 


OPTICIANS, 


165  Tremont  Street,  —  —  BOSTON,  MASS. 

Manufacturers  of  SPECTACLES  and  EYEGLASSES, 
Importers  of  Opera,  Field  and  Marine  Glasses  of  superior  power. 

We  make  a  specialty  of  Grinding  com-  Caution  about  theUse  and  Selections  of  Spectacles 

plicated  Lenses  from  Oculists’  Prescrip-  „p„,ons  haTin?  nonnal  ?i9ion  will  able  t0  read  this  rint  at  a  diatanca 

tions.  of  14  inches  from  the  eyes  with  eaee  and  comfort;  also  will  be  able  to  read  it 

with  each  eje  separately  If  unable  to  do  so  your  eyes  are  dtfcctive  and 
We  also  make  a  special  feature  of  Axis  should  have  immediate  attention.  When  the  eyes  become  tired  from  reading 

or  sewing,  or  if  the  letters  look  blurred  and  run  together,  it  is  a  sure  indica- 
Cut  Brazilian  Pebbles.  tion  that glasses  are  needed.  The  lenses  sold  in  the  cheap  goods  are  of  un¬ 

equal  density  and  have  imperfectly  formed  surfaces.  Continued  use  of  these 
poorer  lenses  will  result  in  positive  injury  from  the  constant  strain  upon  the 
-niseles  of  accomodation  .o'snoitlv  the  defects  in  the  alasa.” 


The  Pasteur  Germ  Proof  Filter 


IS  FOR  SALE  BY 


A.  J.  WILKINSON  &  CO. 


180  to  188  Washington  St.,  BOSTON,  Mass. 


HENRY  C.  DIMOND  &  CO. 

Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in 

Self-Inking  Stamps, 

NUMBERING  AND  CANCELLING  MACHINES. 

Rubber  and  Metal  Stamps  of  all  kinds.  Ribbon  Stamps,  Check 

Protectors,  rJL'ype  Seals,  Sec. 

No.  22  Milk  Street,  Boston. 

REPAIRING  A  SPECIALTY.  SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE. 


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XX. 


BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


Noitli  German  Lloyd  S.  S.  Co. 

Short  Route  to 

Southampton, 
London, 

Havre, 

Paris, 

Bremen, 

UNSURPASSED  COMFORTS. 


Time  to  London,  7  days  and  less. 

Time  to  Bremen,  8  1-2  days. 

THROUGH  TICKETS  TO  ALL  THE  PRINCIPAL  CITIES  OF 

THE  CONTINENT. 


Between  NEW  YORK,  GIBRALTAR,  GENOA.  Most  direct  route  to. 
SPAIN,  NORTHERN  FRANCE,  ITALY  and  SWITZERLAND. 
Number  passengers  limited  to  seating  capacity.  Return 

tickets  at  reduced  rates. 


OELRICHS  &  CO.,  General  Agents, 

2  Bowling  Green,  .  .  New  York. 


C.  THEO.  GUETHING,  Sole  Agent,  19  DOANE  STREET,  BOSTON. 


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BULLETIN  OF  MEDICAL  INSTRUCTION. 


XXI. 


Japanese 

PIAZZA  CURTAINS 


Keep  out  the  hot  sun; 

Admit  of  a  free  passage  of  air ; 

Complete  with  blocks,  cords  and  hooks ; 
Best  quality  only; 

Lowest  prices. 


WALTER  M.  HATCH  &  CO. 

54  Summer  Street.,  Boston. 


ISAAC  N.  TUCKER, 

Plumber  &  Sanitary  Engineer 

479  TREMONT  ST.,  BOSTON. 


Order  Box  196,  No.  166  Devonshire  Street, 

TELEPHONE,  TREMONT  51-2. 


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Models  E  and  E,  26-in.  wheels 9  50.00 
Models  G~  and  H ,  24-in.  66  40.00 

MOHAWKS.— Models  M  and  L,  50.00 


Many  of  our  agents  are  practising  physicians,  who  appreciate  the  value  of  a  wheel 
from  a  hygenic  as  well  as  mechanical  stand  point. 

We  are  sole  Eastern  Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island  distributing  agents  for  the 


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Wolff-American  High  Art  Cycles. 


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